Chapter 3 Terms
Chapter 03 – Our Location; Bathymetry; and Island Features
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Geographer
degree
parallel
longitude
latitude
meridian
Equator
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Prime Meridian
North Pole
Greenwich, England
South Pole
International Date Line
Pacific Ocean
Mariana Islands
Relative distances
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Earth's circumference
Nearest neighbors
New Guinea
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Volcano Islands
The Philippines
Maps
Topographic map
Oceanographer
Echo sounding
Seismographic survey
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World's Oceans
World's Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Artic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mariana Trench
Water Planet
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Water Hemisphere
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Oceans
Seas
Antarctica
Philippine Sea
Western Micronesia
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Bathymetry
Topography
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Sea level
Elevation
Shore Zone
Substrate
Continental Shelf
Asian Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Ocean Floor basins
Abyss
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Abyssal plain
Islands
Seamounts
Guyot
Ocean trenches
Challenger Deep
Mount Everest
Island Arc
Aleutian islands
Mariana Island arc
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Mindanao Trench
Philippine Basin
Palau-Kyushu Ridge
Yap Basin
West Caroline Ridge
West Mariana Basin
Mariana Back-Arc Ridge
East Mariana Basin
Isobath
Bathymetric map
fathom
Two island arcs
Esmeralda Bank
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Iwo Jima Submarine Ridge
Where is the Mariana Trench?
How far away is the Mariana Trench?
Nero Deep
Rock Ages
Eocene Epoch
Farallon de Pajaros
Uracas
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Maug Islands
Sunken Crater
Circular Lagoon
North Island
West Island
East Island
Asuncion
Agrihan
Highest peak in Micronesia
Summit
Ravines
Pagan
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Pagan airstrip
Black basalt rock
Mount Pagan
1981 eruption
Feral animals
Alamagan Island
Guguan Island
Sarigan Island
Anatahan Island
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2003 eruption
Farallon de Medinilla
Seabirds
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Bombing target
Saipan Island
Mount Tapotchau
Maound Atchugao
Mount Petsukara
Marpi Peak
Kagman Peninsula
Dandan
Lake Susupe
Tinian Island
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Arable
Cattle grazing
Carolinas Heights
Marpo Valley
Hagoi Marsh
Aguiguan Island
Goat Island
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Escarpment
Cliff
Goat
Naftan rock
Rota Island
Luta Island
Talakaya Watershed
Aquifer
Sabana
Uplifted mesa
Sinapalu Village
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Songsong Village
Wedding Cake Mountain
Last Updated 1/28/2013