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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33542
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCaifan SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 14° 3' 6.1" S (-14.0517°)  
Longitude 14° 21' 6.1" W (-14.3517°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-25. Proposer: Zhanhai Zhang, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Beijing, China. Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2009. History: The term "Caifan" is taken from a poem in the Book of Songs (a collection of poems in ancient Chinese Literature), which means aquatic weed.    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 1600. Maximum depth (m): 3800. Total relief (m): 2200. Dimension: 18 km × 10 km.    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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