Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/24982
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishMikura SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
JapaneseMikura-kaizanUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
JapaneseみくらかいざんUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
Japanese御蔵海山US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 33° 43' 0" N (33.71666667°)  
Longitude 139° 24' 30" E (139.4083333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 33.72; Long: 139.41    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-18. Proposer: Norman Z. Cherkis, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) / Five Oceans Consultants, USA. Year of proposal: 2005.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Meiyo". Year of discovery: 1991. History: Named from the adjacent Mikura Island, Japan. The name was published by the Japanese (UJNR Report UJNR/SBS/20-JT3).    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 480. Maximum depth (m): 1700. Total relief (m): 1220.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 33.716667; Longitude: 139.4    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 9239678    
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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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