Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48833
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKagen BasinIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Basin 
Latitude 22° 45' 24.8" N (22.75689°)  
Longitude 137° 3' 33.2" E (137.05922°)  
Min. Lat 22° 33' 31" N (22.5586°)  
Min. Long 136° 56' 17" E (136.9381°)  
Max. Lat 23° 0' 45.4" N (23.0126°)  
Max. Long 137° 10' 41.8" E (137.1783°)  
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. "Mikazuki" means "Crescent Moon" and "Kagen" means "Waning Moon", in Japanese.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 22.7968; Long: 137.09 (update 2026-09-29)    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2026-09-29 09:47:45 by Lonneville Britt
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