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Porifera distribution - Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6939
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishKita-Amami EscarpmentIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishKita Amami EscarpmentUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishKita Anami EscarpmentUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishKitaamami EscarpmentUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Escarpment 
Latitude 29° 14' 30.2" N (29.24172411°)  
Longitude 133° 14' 31.9" E (133.2421938°)  
Min. Lat 28° 39' 0" N (28.65°)  
Min. Long 133° 9' 0" E (133.15°)  
Max. Lat 29° 50' 0" N (29.8333°)  
Max. Long 133° 20' 0" E (133.3333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 28.65; Long: 133.3333333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2000.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the nearby Amami Island, Japan ("Kita" means "North", in Japanese).    
Additional information (en): Significant lineation. Shown as Kita Amami Escarpment in the ACUF Gazetteer.Total relief (m): 1000.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 29.2; Longitude: 133.25    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 382346    
Relations 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Japanese 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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