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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48820
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHeikeboshi SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 19° 1' 23.5" N (19.0232°)  
Longitude 136° 22' 39" E (136.3775°)  
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: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2014.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessels "Takuyo" and "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2003. History: Heikeboshi is one of the Japanese dialect names that means the Betelgeuse of the Orion.    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 3550. Maximum depth (m): 5000. Total relief (m): 1450. Dimension: 30 km x 30 km.    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (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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