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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7751
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNishi-Kosei SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishNishi Kōsei SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishNisi-Kōsei SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 24° 58' 30" N (24.975°)  
Longitude 135° 30' 30" E (135.508333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 24.975; Long: 135.5083333    
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: Kosei is the Japanese term for a fixed star ("Nishi" means "West", in Japanese).    
Additional information (en): Taken from Japanese Bathymetric Chart No. 6725. Shown as Nishi Kôsei Seamount in the ACUF Gazetteer. Minimum depth (m): 3000. Maximum depth (m): 4200. Total relief (m): 1200.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 24.982778; Longitude: 135.511389    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 382377    
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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