Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58627
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKalantas SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 16° 45' 47.8" N (16.76329°)  
Longitude 124° 23' 35.2" E (124.39312°)  
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 an elliptical shape and a steepness of 14°. Minimum depth (m): 722. Maximum depth (m): 2761. Total relief (m): 2039. Dimension/size: 17 km x 12 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-31. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2018.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Presbitero". Year of discovery: 2010. History: Named from its shape as this feature looks like the leaf of a Toona calantas, "Kalantas" in Filipino language and commonly known as Philippine cedar. It is a medium-sized hardwood, widely distributed throughout the Philippines.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988578    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 16.753272; Longitude: 124.384378    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2019-05-15 02:08:08 by Lonneville Britt
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