Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24812
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishArirang GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 11° 50' 0" N (11.83333333°)  
Longitude 157° 40' 0" E (157.6666667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 11.8333333; Long: 157.666666    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-22. Proposer: Korea Committee on Marine Geographical Names (KCMGN). Year of proposal: 2009.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Korean research vessel "Onnuri". Year of discovery: 2001. History: Named from the first Korean Multipurpose Satellite (KOMSAT) "Arirang", launched in 1999. Thanks to its Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imaging system, this satellite has made sign    
Additional information (en): This feature has a round shape. Minimum depth (m): 1300. Maximum depth (m): 5500. Total relief (m): 4200. Dimension: ~ 40 km x 35 km.    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (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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