MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57149 |
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Proposed standard |
Name |
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Name source |
English | Zitan Guyot | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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PlaceType |
Guyot |
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Latitude |
19° 44' 53.9" N (19.7483°) |
Longitude |
171° 54' 54" E (171.915°) |
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Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Notes |
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2001. History: The term "Zitan", which means a tall prosperous red sandalwood in the garden, comes from a poem known as Heming in Shijing·Xiaoya. Shijing is a collection of ancient Chinese Poems from the 11th to 6th centuries BC. Heming is a scenic and lyric poetry. One poem depicts a landscape painting, with a combination of green mountain, deep river, flying crane, grey trees, ... |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA). History: 2017. |
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Additional information (en): This feature has a nearly elliptic shape, a flat top platform and steep slopes. Minimum depth (m): 1166. Maximum depth (m): 3900. Total relief (m): 2734. Dimension: 43 km x 26 km |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175846 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 19.7483; Longitude: 171.915 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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