Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33587
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTianzuo SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 27° 53' 12.1" S (-27.8867°)  
Longitude 63° 27' 47.9" E (63.4633°)  
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-26. Proposer: Zhanhai Zhang, Sub Committee on Undersea Feature Names of China Committee on Geographical Names. Year of proposal: 2013.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Tianzuo comes from a verse of Shijing-Zhousong (Shijing is a collection of ancient Chinese poems from 11 B.C. to 6 B.C.). The verse means that high Mount Qi was built by    
Additional information (en): This seamount lies on the Southwest Indian Ridge of the Indian Ocean. It is oval in shape and extends from west to east. Minimum depth (m): 2550. Maximum depth (m): 5200. Total relief (m): 2650. Dimension: 48 km × 28 km.    
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Part of  Indian 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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