Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33518
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishOwashi Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 16° 42' 14.7" N (16.704073°)  
Longitude 139° 12' 55.5" E (139.215413°)  
Min. Lat 15° 14' 6" N (15.235°)  
Min. Long 138° 23' 35.9" E (138.3933°)  
Max. Lat 18° 9' 42.1" N (18.1617°)  
Max. Long 140° 3' 0" E (140.05°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature     
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 16.69835; Long: 139.22165; minLat: 15.235; minLong: 138.3933; maxLat: 18.1617; maxLong: 140.05    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-25. Proposer: Yasuhiko Ohara, Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department (JHOD). Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessels "Takuyo" and "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 1993. History: Owashi is the Japanese term for "Steller's sea eagle". A bird is relevant to the name of the nearby Oki-no-Tori Shima Island, Japan, which includes a "bird" ("tori    
Additional information (en): Reference: Ohara et al., 2011, "Tectonics of unusual crustal accretion in the Parece Vela Basin", in Y. Ogawa et al. (eds), "Accretionary prisms and convergent margin tectonics in the Northwest Pacific Basin", Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences,     
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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