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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33454
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAoi Seamount ChainIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount Chain 
Latitude 20° 28' 27.5" N (20.4743°)  
Longitude 131° 54' 20.5" E (131.9057°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-26. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2013.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1997. History: Named after the Aoi Matsuri, a Japanese traditional festival which is one of Kyoto's three most famous festivals (along with the Gion Matsuri and Jidai Matsuri) and takes place    
Additional information (en): Similar structures are seen in the Pacific near Easter Island [N. Binard, P. Stoffersa, R. Hékinianb, R.C. Searlecref: 1996. Intraplate en echelon volcanic ridges in the South Pacific, west of the Easter microplate. Tectonophysics, Volume 263, Issues 1-4,    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 20.2684 ; Long: 131.99433 ; minLat: 19.9158 ; minLong: 131.769 ; maxLat: 20.5577 ; maxLong: 132.1473 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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