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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63423
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNojima HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 26° 25' 28.1" N (26.42447°)  
Longitude 140° 53' 22.8" E (140.88967°)  
Min. Lat 26° 21' 39.4" N (26.361°)  
Min. Long 140° 51' 5.2" E (140.8514°)  
Max. Lat 26° 28' 58.3" N (26.4829°)  
Max. Long 140° 56' 3.3" E (140.9343°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 1310. Maximum depth (m): 2290. Total relief (m): 980. Dimension/size: 9 km × 14 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2020.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1985. History: Named from the Japan Coast Guard's patrol vessel "Nojima", one of the vessels that were sent on site on the occasion of an eruption of the Kaitoku Seamounts in March 1984. The others were the survey vessel "Shoyo" of the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan, and the patrol vessel "Uraga" of the Japan Coast Guard that also sent an airplane to observe the volcanic activity. The "Nojima" further collected pumices and detailed visual observations were made from the helicopter of the "Uraga".    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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