Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26627
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishCastor GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishHanzawa SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 25° 45' 18" N (25.755°)  
Longitude 147° 9' 0" E (147.15°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): JCUFN domestically calls this feature Hanzawa Seamount, after the renowned Japanese geologist Shoshiro Hanzawa.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-24. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2011.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessels "Takuyo" and "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2002. History: Castor and Pollux were mythological twins for which the zodiac sign, Gemini is named. The stars are in the Gemini constellation and are primary navigational stars.    
Additional information (en): Adopted from the US BGN-ACUF Gazetteer. This feature has a distorted triangular shape. JCUFN domestically calls it Hanzawa Seamount, after the renowned Japanese geologist Shoshiro Hanzawa. Minimum depth (m): 380. Maximum depth (m): 5400. Total relief (m):    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 25.833333; Longitude: 147    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152849    
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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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