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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57105
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKyoshi SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 20° 59' 0.6" N (20.9835°)  
Longitude 129° 14' 34.8" E (129.243°)  
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 poet Kyoshi Takahama (1874-1959), during the Meiji to Showa periods of Japan. Kyoshi 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 ~ 14 %. 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): 3881. Maximum depth (m): 5614. Total relief (m): 1733. Dimension: 25 km × 10 km    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175481    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 20.9835; Longitude: 129.243    
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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