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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48902
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishYasunari SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 21° 28' 45.5" N (21.4793°)  
Longitude 128° 1' 41.5" E (128.0282°)  
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 vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1997. History: Named after the Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972). At that time, it was common and popular for writers to be called by their first names. This is why his first na    
Additional information (en): This feature has a conical and slightly elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 1800. Maximum depth (m): 4800. Total relief (m): 3000. Dimension: 30 km x 60 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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