Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7900
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishVityaz TrenchIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishEast Melanesian TrenchUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishVitiaz TrenchUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianZhelob VityazyaUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
RussianЖелоб ВитязяUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Trench 
Latitude 10° 29' 19.4" S (-10.48871344°)  
Longitude 170° 53' 39" E (170.89415661°)  
Min. Lat 12° 25' 8.2" S (-12.4189°)  
Min. Long 168° 5' 46.1" E (168.0961°)  
Max. Lat 8° 36' 13" S (-8.6036°)  
Max. Long 173° 44' 41.1" E (173.7448°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO May 2004): [Min. Lat: -12.08333°] ; [Min. Long: 174.08333°] ; [Max. Lat: -8.66667°] ; [Max. Long: 167.75°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Gleb B. Udintsev, Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS). Year of proposal: 1958.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Vityaz". Year of discovery: 1958. History: Named from the Russian research vessel "Vityaz" that discovered and explored this feature.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -10; Longitude: 170    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155997    
Relations 
Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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