| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57109 |
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| English | Magan Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
22° 22' 58.2" N (22.38283°) |
| Longitude |
148° 30' 21.6" E (148.506°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2001. History: Magan is the Japanese for "Greater White-Fronted Goose". A series of Seamounts and Guyots around the nearby Minami-Tori Shima Island (literally "Southern Bird Island" in Japanese) have been given bird names. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2017. |
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Additional information (en): This feature has an almost conical shape and a steepness of ~ 20 %. Minami-Tori Shima Island, also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, and the easternmost land territory of Japan. Minimum depth (m): 1926. Maximum depth (m): 5829. Total relief (m): 3903. Dimension: 40 km × 40 km |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175483 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 22.38283; Longitude: 148.506 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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