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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57082 |
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| English | Daxi Hill | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Hill(s) |
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6° 48' 6.1" N (6.8017°) |
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60° 10' 30" E (60.175°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Lisiguanghao". Year of discovery: 2012. History: Named from the nearby active "Daxi Hydrothermal Field", found in 2015. The term "Daxi", which means some kind of millet for sacrifice in ancient China, comes from a poem known as Xuanniao in Shijing·Shangsong. Shijing is a collection of ancient Chinese Poems from the 11th to 6th centuries BC: "Ten wagons with his dragon flags, carried great store of grains in bags". |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA). History: 2017. |
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Additional information (en): There are a lot of blind shrimps and crabs in this area, like for a feast in the Dragon King's palace. This feature has an elongated shape and is part of a volcanic ridge. Minimum depth (m): 3300. Maximum depth (m): 4000. Total relief (m): 700. Dimension: 10 km x 5 km |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15173642 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 6.8017; Longitude: 60.175 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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