Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48897
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishWeiluo GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 20° 0' 47.9" N (20.0133°)  
Longitude 150° 9' 54" E (150.165°)  
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: 2001. History: Weiluo comes from a poem in Shi Jing Xiao Ya (an ancient book of poems), which says: "Black and white are my horses; six glossy reins guiding the courses". This verse de    
Additional information (en): This large feature is located northwest of Lowrie Guyot. It has a flat top and a steep hillside. Minimum depth (m): 1750. Maximum depth (m): 3250. Total relief (m): 1500. Dimension: 60 km × 30 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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