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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57111 |
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| English | Naoya Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
23° 26' 55.8" N (23.44883°) |
| Longitude |
126° 53' 6" E (126.885°) |
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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 "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. |
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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 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 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175484 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 23.44883; Longitude: 126.885 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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