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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64316
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHead PeakIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Peak 
Latitude 16° 38' 25" N (16.64027°)  
Longitude 139° 31' 31.3" E (139.52536°)  
Min. Lat 16° 35' 10.7" N (16.5863°)  
Min. Long 139° 28' 14.6" E (139.4707°)  
Max. Lat 16° 41' 23.4" N (16.6898°)  
Max. Long 139° 35' 1.8" E (139.5838°)  
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): 3510. Maximum depth (m): 5158. Total relief (m): 1648. Dimension/size: 13 km × 12 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.2. 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: 1995. History: The Godzilla Megamullion science team gave 14 names for the individualtopographic elements of the Godzilla Megamullion, such as "West ArmRidge", imitating the body parts of Godzilla. Since this feature is a conicalbathymetric high in the northern part, i.e., the top part, of the GodzillaMegamullion, the science team gave it the name "Head Peak".    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2023-07-26 16:22:28 by Lonneville Britt
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