Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64351
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMacclesfield Canyon ProvinceIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 16° 20' 50.4" N (16.34733°)  
Longitude 114° 37' 32.4" E (114.62566°)  
Min. Lat 16° 6' 13.8" N (16.1038°)  
Min. Long 113° 59' 25.6" E (113.9905°)  
Max. Lat 16° 31' 36.8" N (16.5269°)  
Max. Long 115° 20' 51.8" E (115.3477°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has a meandering shape. Also known as Zhongshabei Canyon Province in some publications. Minimum depth (m): 300. Maximum depth (m): 4304. Total relief (m): 4004. Dimension/size: 145 km × 21 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: The Second Institute of Oceanography (SOA), China. History: 2021.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Haiyang Sihao". Year of discovery: 2005. History: Named from the nearby Macclesfield Bank.    
Relation 
Part of  South China Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Map
Edit history Last edited on 2023-07-26 16:22:28 by Lonneville Britt
[Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]