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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7403
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNishi-Shichito RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 27° 53' 35.4" N (27.89317264°)  
Longitude 139° 12' 12" E (139.20334564°)  
Min. Lat 25° 37' 0" N (25.6167°)  
Min. Long 138° 38' 0" E (138.6333°)  
Max. Lat 30° 10' 0" N (30.1667°)  
Max. Long 139° 45' 0" E (139.75°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes 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: Shichito designates a group of seven islands in this area ("Nishi" means "West" in Japanese).    
Additional information (en): This is the southern extension of Gengo Seamounts. Taken from Japanese Bathymetric Chart No. 6725. Shown as Nishi Shichitô Ridge in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Relations 
Part of  Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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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