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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63461
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHigan GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 22° 12' 48.3" N (22.21343°)  
Longitude 141° 49' 40.8" E (141.82801°)  
Min. Lat 22° 9' 34.4" N (22.1596°)  
Min. Long 141° 46' 41.6" E (141.7782°)  
Max. Lat 22° 16' 0.9" N (22.2669°)  
Max. Long 141° 52' 41.5" E (141.8782°)  
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 a nearly conical shape. Minimum depth (m): 605. Maximum depth (m): 1778. Total relief (m): 1173. Dimension/size: 12 km × 10 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2019.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1993. History: "Higan" means "the other shore" in Japanese and refers to the two specific times marking the change of season, during the spring and autumn equinoctical weeks. It is customary for Japanese people to visit their ancestors' graves around that time.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175881    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 22.20833; Longitude: 141.81666    
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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