| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/65883 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Akbag Hills | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Akbag Ridge | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Hill(s) |
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| Latitude |
10° 34' 51.2" N (10.58088°) |
| Longitude |
127° 38' 29.1" E (127.64142°) |
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| Min. Lat |
10° 33' 16.5" N (10.5546°) |
| Min. Long |
127° 34' 24.7" E (127.5735°) |
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| Max. Lat |
10° 36' 6.4" N (10.6018°) |
| Max. Long |
127° 42' 1.1" E (127.7003°) |
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| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 5344. Maximum depth (m): 5870. Total relief (m): 526. Dimension/size: 14 km x 5 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting(s): SCUFN-38. Proposer: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines. History: 2025. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Philippines survey vessel "Hydrographer Presbitero". Year of discovery: 2005. History: Named from the Philippine swamphen (Porphyrio pulverulentus), locally known as “akbag,” a bird endemic to Philippine wetlands like those in Pampanga. It represents the country’s fragile wetland ecosystems and contributes to sustaining rice field biodiversity, which is crucial to food security and rural life. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 16505416 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 10.58684; Longitude: 127.6032 |
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Last edited on 2026-09-30 14:10:25 by Lonneville Britt
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