MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33590 |
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English | Weihan Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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Latitude |
0° 5' 12.1" S (-0.0867°) |
Longitude |
101° 24' 11.9" W (-101.4033°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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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. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2009. History: The term "Weihan" is quoted from a poem in the Book of Songs (a collection of poems in ancient Chinese literature). It means "backbone of the country". |
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Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 2200. Maximum depth (m): 3200. Total relief (m): 1000. Dimension: 8 km × 8 km. |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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