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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49786
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishShiraho SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 22° 48' 32.5" N (22.80902°)  
Longitude 124° 25' 50.5" E (124.4307°)  
Min. Lat 22° 41' 25.5" N (22.6904°)  
Min. Long 124° 19' 21.4" E (124.3226°)  
Max. Lat 22° 55' 24.4" N (22.9235°)  
Max. Long 124° 34' 10.2" E (124.5695°)  
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-29. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2016.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 1999. History: Named from the town of Shiraho in the nearby Ishigaki Island, one of the major islands of the Sakishima Islands, Japan. Shiraho town has a vast coral reef named Shiraho Coral Reef.    
Additional information (en): The single position is that of the summit. Minimum depth (m): 4162. Maximum depth (m): 6200. Total relief (m): 2038. Dimension: 25 km x 25 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 22.80902 ; Long: 124.43071 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237324    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 22.809028; Longitude: 124.430694    
Relation 
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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