Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57134
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTsufutsuwa SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 19° 57' 12.6" N (19.9535°)  
Longitude 127° 42' 3.6" E (127.701°)  
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: 2002. History: Named from the nearby Tsufutsuwa Bise Reef, which is located off the northeast coast of Miyako Island, the largest island of the Nansei-shoto Islands (also known as Ryukyu Islands).    
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 irregular shape and a steepness of ~ 14 %. Minimum depth (m): 3941. Maximum depth (m): 5650. Total relief (m): 1709. Dimension: 25 km × 10 km    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175496    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 19.9535; Longitude: 127.701    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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