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Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/65617
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDainsuli KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 9° 9' 3.5" N (9.15097°)  
Longitude 128° 7' 40.3" E (128.12786°)  
Min. Lat 9° 8' 14.5" N (9.1374°)  
Min. Long 128° 7' 2.6" E (128.1174°)  
Max. Lat 9° 9' 54.2" N (9.1651°)  
Max. Long 128° 8' 16.9" E (128.138°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature is egg-shaped. Minimum depth (m): 5575. Maximum depth (m): 5950. Total relief (m): 375. Dimension/size: 2.3 km x 3.0 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting(s): SCUFN-37. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2024.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Presbitero". Year of discovery: 2000. History: Named from the Dainsuli (Hedychium philippinense), an endemic and endangered ginger in the Philippines. It is the only ginger recorded in the country to grow on trees. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome, on herbaceous plants with ‘pseudostems’ formed by leaf sheaths.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 16081204    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 9.14904; Longitude: 128.12608    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2025-09-29 15:33:29 by Lonneville Britt
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