MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58624 |
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Name source |
English | Hishikui Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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PlaceType |
Seamount(s) |
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Latitude |
21° 31' 13.1" N (21.520295°) |
Longitude |
148° 38' 28.6" E (148.64127°) |
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Min. Lat |
21° 24' 52.8" N (21.4147°) |
Min. Long |
148° 32' 57" E (148.5492°) |
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Max. Lat |
21° 37' 33.3" N (21.6259°) |
Max. Long |
148° 44' 0.2" E (148.7334°) |
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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 |
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape and a steepness of 18 %. 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): 3694. Maximum depth (m): 5492. Total relief (m): 1798. Dimension/size: 20 km × 20 km. |
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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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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2001. History: Hishikui is the Japanese for "Bean 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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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175474 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 21.556; Longitude: 148.65 |
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Last edited on 2019-05-15 02:08:08 by Lonneville Britt
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