Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33594
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishXiaozheng SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 16° 12' 53.8" S (-16.21495°)  
Longitude 13° 7' 9" W (-13.11917°)  
Min. Lat 16° 16' 12" S (-16.27°)  
Min. Long 13° 10' 48" W (-13.18°)  
Max. Lat 16° 9' 47.9" S (-16.1633°)  
Max. Long 13° 3' 11.9" W (-13.0533°)  
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 "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2011. History: The term "Xiaozheng" is taken from a poem in "the Book of Songs" (a collection of poems in ancient Chinese Literature) and means "marching in the midnight". The feature     
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 2150. Maximum depth (m): 3600. Total relief (m): 1450. Dimension: 15 km × 12 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -16.215; Long: -13.1083 (update 2026-09-29)    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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