Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48821
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHigashi-Mikazuki SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 23° 3' 47.9" N (23.0633°)  
Longitude 137° 10' 40.8" E (137.178°)  
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-27. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2014.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessels "Takuyo" and "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2003. History: Named in association with the nearby Mikazuki Seamount, of which it is located to the east. "Mikazuki" means "Crescent Moon" and "Higashi" means "East", in Japanes    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape. Minimum depth (m): 3400. Maximum depth (m): 5500. Total relief (m): 2100. Dimension: 40 km x 20 km.    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Map
Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
[Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]