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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7727
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNishi-Kaitoku SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishNishi Kaitoku SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
JapaneseNishikaitoku-kaizanUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishNisi-Kaitoku SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
Japanese西海徳海山US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 25° 55' 34.2" N (25.926176°)  
Longitude 139° 47' 39.1" E (139.794196°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Corrected latitude (GEBCO October 2002 error: 27°55'12"N) Updated with GEBCO May 2014.    
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: Kaitoku was the name of a Japanese fishing vessel in the 1920s ("Nishi" means "West", in Japanese).    
Additional information (en): Taken from Japanese Bathymetric Chart No. 6725. Minimum depth (m): 1300. Maximum depth (m): 3400. Total relief (m): 2100.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 25.899958; Longitude: 139.800072    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 382449    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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