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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48830
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishJogen BasinIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Basin 
Latitude 22° 57' 21.6" N (22.956°)  
Longitude 137° 12' 0" E (137.2°)  
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: Named in association with the nearby Mikazuki Seamount. "Mikazuki" means "Crescent Moon" and "Jogen" means "Waxing Moon", in Japanese.    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 5000. Maximum depth (m): 5860. Total relief (m): 860. Dimension: 50 km x 13 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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