Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58711
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishShisonohoshi BasinIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishShisōnohoshi BasinUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Basin 
Latitude 18° 6' 7" N (18.101955°)  
Longitude 135° 32' 44.9" E (135.545795°)  
Min. Lat 17° 58' 38.2" N (17.9773°)  
Min. Long 135° 27' 0.6" E (135.4502°)  
Max. Lat 18° 13' 35.9" N (18.2266°)  
Max. Long 135° 38' 29.1" E (135.6414°)  
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 a roughly trapezoidal shape. It is interpreted as resulting from a rifting of the proto Kyushu-Palau Ridge. The single position is that of the shallowest point. All undersea features around the Kyushu-Palau Ridge are named after stars and planets. Minimum depth (m): 5195. Maximum depth (m): 5703. Total relief (m): 508. Dimension/size: 20 km × 25 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 "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1993. History: Named from its geographical location, to the north of Shisonohoshi Seamount. "Shisonohoshi" means Big Dipper in Japanese.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988715    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 18.082456; Longitude: 135.554825    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2019-05-15 02:08:08 by Lonneville Britt
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