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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48804
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFangzhou SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 25° 46' 48" S (-25.78°)  
Longitude 13° 38' 48.1" W (-13.6467°)  
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-27. Proposer: Zhanhai Zhang, Sub Committee on Undersea Feature Names of China Committee on Geographical Names. Year of proposal: 2014.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2011. History: Fangzhou comes from a poem in Shi Jing Guo Feng (an ancient book of poems), which says: "When river water's deep and wide, I'll take a boat upon the tide. Where river wa    
Additional information (en): This feature is located in the middle of South Atlantic Ocean. It extends from northwest to southeast. Its top has two small peaks. Minimum depth (m): 1600. Maximum depth (m): 3200. Total relief (m): 1600. Dimension: 10 km × 24 km.    
Relation 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
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