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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33456
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFuneboshi SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 17° 31' 25.7" N (17.5238°)  
Longitude 134° 38' 50.3" E (134.6473°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 17.528502; Long: 134.625569; minLat: 17.4573; minLong: 134.5343; maxLat: 17.6; maxLong: 134.7205    
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: Funeboshi is one of the archaic poetic Japanese names that means the Big Dipper (or Plough) constellation. According to Japanese phonology, both terms "hoshi" and "boshi" mean     
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 17.5285 ; Long: 134.62557 ; minLat: 17.4573 ; minLong: 134.5343 ; maxLat: 17.6 ; maxLong: 134.7205 (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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