Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26622
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBaiju GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 17° 53' 52.8" N (17.898°)  
Longitude 178° 58' 40.8" E (178.978°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 17.598333; Long: 178.978333    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-24. Proposer: Zhanhai Zhang, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Beijing, China. Year of proposal: 2011.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: R/V Dayang Yihao. Year of discovery: 1998. History: Baiju means "white horse" in Chinese language. Baiju is the title of a poem in "Shi Jing - Xiao Ya" (an ancient book of poems) describing the reluctant parting among friends. This poem descri    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 2520. Maximum depth (m): 3700. Total relief (m): 1180. Dimension: 19 km × 17 km.    
Relation 
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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