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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7394
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishKita-Amami SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishKita Amami SeamountsUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 28° 39' 25.6" N (28.65711739°)  
Longitude 131° 44' 57" E (131.7491663°)  
Min. Lat 28° 32' 0" N (28.5333°)  
Min. Long 131° 6' 0" E (131.1°)  
Max. Lat 29° 6' 0" N (29.1°)  
Max. Long 132° 10' 0" E (132.1667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 28.66666667; Long: 131.8; minLat: 28.53333333; minLong: 131.1; maxLat: 29.1; maxLong: 132.1666667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2000.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the nearby Amami Island, Japan ("Kita" means "North", in Japanese).    
Additional information (en): Taken from Japanese Bathymetric Chart No. 6725.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 28.666667; Longitude: 131.8    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9213476    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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