Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26677
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPenglai SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 19° 12' 18" N (19.205°)  
Longitude 158° 13' 58.8" E (158.233°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes 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: 2004. History: According to a Chinese legend, "Penglai" is one of the seamounts in the ocean where the gods live. It is further said that people could get magical medicine from gods. Xufu was sent by the fi    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 1200. Maximum depth (m): 4000. Total relief (m): 2800. Dimension: 28 km × 26 km.    
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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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