Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58639
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSuzugamo SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 21° 39' 19.8" N (21.6555°)  
Longitude 149° 23' 34.8" E (149.393°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has an almost conical shape. 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): 3066. Maximum depth (m): 5739. Total relief (m): 2673. Dimension/size: 20 km × 20 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-31. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2018.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2001. History: "Suzugamo" is the Japanese for a greater scaup or diving duck. A series of Seamounts and Guyots around the nearby Minami-Tori Shima Island (literally "Southern Bird Island" in Japanese) have been given bird names.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988719    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 21.659325; Longitude: 149.390131    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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