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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57093
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishRyunosuke SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishRyūnosuke SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 22° 3' 40.8" N (22.06133°)  
Longitude 126° 42' 54" E (126.715°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1997. History: Named after the Japanese novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), during the Taisho to Showa periods of Japan. He is regarded as one of the leading novelists in the Japanese literature. Ryunosuke is the first name as, at that time, it was common and popular for Japanese writers to be called by their first names. This feature is associated with the nearby Great Writers Seamount Province.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2017.    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape and a steepness of ~ 17 %. Most of the Japanese writers relevant to the Great Writers Seamount Province were active in late 1800's to early 1900's. Minimum depth (m): 4599. Maximum depth (m): 6315. Total relief (m): 1716. Dimension: 15 km × 20 km    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175489    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 22.06133; Longitude: 126.715    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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