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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63130
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishChangcheng SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 58° 51' 52.9" S (-58.86469°)  
Longitude 63° 43' 22.3" W (-63.72285°)  
Min. Lat 58° 56' 6" S (-58.935°)  
Min. Long 63° 47' 54" W (-63.7983°)  
Max. Lat 58° 48' 6" S (-58.8017°)  
Max. Long 63° 38' 48" W (-63.6467°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature is located in the Drake Passage. Minimum depth (m): 2398. Maximum depth (m): 3700. Total relief (m): 1302. Dimension/size: 14 km × 8 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: The First Institute of Oceanography (SOA)    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): China. History: 2019.","Discoverer: Chinese research vessel ""Xiang Yang Hong 1"". Year of discovery: 2018. History: Named from the Chinese Antarctic Great Wall station (""Changcheng"" is the Chinese for ""The Great Wall""), as this feature was the first seamount discovered by the Chinese research vessel ""Xiang Yang Hong 1"" on her way to the Great Wall station."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961881    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -58.858297; Longitude: -63.721697    
Relation 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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