Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33573
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishQianyu GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot(s) 
Latitude 22° 59' 55.1" N (22.99864°)  
Longitude 175° 40' 43" E (175.67862°)  
Min. Lat 22° 45' 24.1" N (22.7567°)  
Min. Long 175° 27' 11.9" E (175.4533°)  
Max. Lat 23° 14' 12.1" N (23.2367°)  
Max. Long 175° 55' 18.1" E (175.9217°)  
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-25. Proposer: Zhanhai Zhang, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Beijing, China. Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Haiyang Liuhao". Year of discovery: 2011. History: The term "Qianyu" means fish diving in deep water and is quoted from a poem in the Book of Songs (a collection of poems in ancient Chinese Literature). The fish may ma    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 1200. Maximum depth (m): 5200. Total relief (m): 4000. Dimension: 50 km × 32 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 22.9733; Long: 175.6417 (update 2026-09-29)    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2026-09-29 09:47:45 by Lonneville Britt
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