Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48827
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishJiahui KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 8° 29' 48.1" N (8.4967°)  
Longitude 144° 24' 18" W (-144.405°)  
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: Zhanhai Zhang, Sub Committee on Undersea Feature Names of China Committee on Geographical Names. Year of proposal: 2014.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 1995. History: Jiahui comes from a poem in "Shi Jing - Xiao Ya" (an ancient book of poems), which says: "On mountains, trees grow grand and fair; chestnuts here, and plum trees there".    
Additional information (en): This feature lies on the abyssal plain. Its shape is roughly cylindrical and its top is relatively flat. Minimum depth (m): 4265. Maximum depth (m): 5200. Total relief (m): 935. Dimension: 8 km x 7 km.    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
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