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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33621
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMyokenboshi SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 17° 10' 27.5" N (17.1743°)  
Longitude 134° 8' 22.2" E (134.1395°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates from proposal (http://www.iho.int/mtg_docs/com_wg/SCUFN/SCUFN26/Proposals/Japan_JCUFN/12_Myokenboshi_Seamount.pdf)    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 17.1743; Long: 134.1395    
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: Myokenboshi is the term for the North Pole star in one of the Japanese dialects.    
Additional information (en): Similar structures are seen in the Pacific near Easter Island [N. Binard, P. Stoffersa, R. HĂ©kinianb, 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: 17.1743 ; Long: 134.1395 ; minLat: 17.1085 ; minLong: 133.9482 ; maxLat: 17.2428 ; maxLong: 134.2757 (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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