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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/8156
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNishi-Io KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 24° 55' 54.9" N (24.93191°)  
Longitude 140° 36' 44.2" E (140.612266°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 24.88333333; Long: 140.5916667    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-15. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2001.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the nearby Japanese island of Io ("Nishi" means "West", in Japanese).    
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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