Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57111
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNaoya SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 23° 26' 55.8" N (23.44883°)  
Longitude 126° 53' 6" E (126.885°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1997. History: Named after the Japanese novelist and short story writer Naoya Shiga (1883-1971), who was active during the Taish¿ and Sh¿wa periods of Japan. He is regarded as one of the most popular and important novelists in the Japanese literature before the World War II. Naoya is the first name as, at that time, it was common and popular for Japanese writers to be called by their first names. This feature is associated with the nearby Great Writers Seamount Province.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2017.    
Additional information (en): This feature has an almost conical and slightly elongated shape, and a steepness of ~ 19 %. Most of the Japanese writers relevant to the Great Writers Seamount Province were active in late 1800's to early 1900's. Minimum depth (m): 4765. Maximum depth (m): 6645. Total relief (m): 1880. Dimension: 20 km × 10 km    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175484    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 23.44883; Longitude: 126.885    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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