Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24907
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHotta SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 37° 43' 0" N (37.716667°)  
Longitude 145° 59' 0" E (145.983333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 37.72; Long: 145.98    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-19. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2006.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2005. History: Named after Dr. Hiroshi Hotta (1936-2002), a marine seismologist and marine engineer from the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC) for more than 20 years. He was    
Additional information (en): This feature is in one of a group of seamounts in the Northwest Pacific Basin. It is conical in shape and well defined at the base by the 5000 m contour. Minimum depth (m): 2250. Maximum depth (m): 5000. Total relief (m): 2750.    
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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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