Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24933
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKatsuura CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 34° 47' 3" N (34.78416167°)  
Longitude 140° 46' 58.6" E (140.782945°)  
Min. Lat 34° 35' 0" N (34.5833°)  
Min. Long 140° 35' 0" E (140.5833°)  
Max. Lat 35° 0' 0" N (35°)  
Max. Long 141° 5' 0" E (141.0833°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 34.83; Long: 140.78; minLat: 34.58; minLong: 140.58; maxLat: 35; maxLong: 141.08    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-21. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2008.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 2007. History: Named from the nearby city of Katsuura, a renown fishery town in the Boso Peninsula, near Tokyo, Japan.    
Additional information (en): This feature is one of the many submarine channels that drain into the Sagami Trough as tributary channels. It is closely located to the southeast of the Boso Peninsula, near Tokyo. The easternmost end of the canyon flows in Katsuura Basin. Minimum depth     
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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