Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26678
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishPollux GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishKatayama SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 25° 55' 12.1" N (25.92002°)  
Longitude 147° 52' 22.7" E (147.87298°)  
Min. Lat 25° 25' 58.8" N (25.433°)  
Min. Long 147° 16' 58.8" E (147.283°)  
Max. Lat 26° 30' 0" N (26.5°)  
Max. Long 148° 25' 1.2" E (148.417°)  
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 Katayama Seamount, after the late Japanese geologist T. Katayama, who died at a young age.    
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 vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 2003. 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. Pollux is th    
Additional information (en): Distorted oval shape. Adopted from the ACUF Gazetteer. JCUFN domestically calls this feature Katayama Seamount, after the late Japanese geologist T. Katayama, who died at a young age. Minimum depth (m): 1200. Maximum depth (m): 5200. Total relief (m): 400    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 25.75; Longitude: 147.833333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155027    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 25.75; Long: 147.88333 (update 2022-07-26)    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2022-07-26 14:30:46 by Lonneville Britt
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