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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64336
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishLanxi SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 15° 16' 7.8" N (15.26882°)  
Longitude 116° 11' 36.8" E (116.19356°)  
Min. Lat 15° 11' 58.4" N (15.1996°)  
Min. Long 116° 6' 21.6" E (116.106°)  
Max. Lat 15° 20' 21.9" N (15.3394°)  
Max. Long 116° 16' 47.7" E (116.2799°)  
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 irregular shape. Minimum depth (m): 2900. Maximum depth (m): 4300. Total relief (m): 1400. Dimension/size: 20 km × 13 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: The Second Institute of Oceanography (SOA), China. History: 2021.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Haiyang Sihao". Year of discovery: 2005. History: "Lanxi" means "Lanxi, Xishui County, Hubei province" in Chinese and is taken from the poetic lines “Si Lin Lan Xi, Xi Shui Xi Liu”. These lines belong to the poem book "A Visit to Clear Spring Temple in Qishui to the Tun of Huan Xi Sha", from the famous poet Su Shi, during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD).    
Relation 
Part of  South China 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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