Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63154
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSashiba SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 27° 56' 19" N (27.93862°)  
Longitude 154° 56' 15.3" E (154.93759°)  
Min. Lat 27° 52' 58" N (27.8828°)  
Min. Long 154° 52' 13.3" E (154.8704°)  
Max. Lat 27° 59' 35.3" N (27.9932°)  
Max. Long 155° 0' 7.1" E (155.002°)  
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 nearly conical shape. Minami-Tori Shima Island    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): also known as Marcus Island    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, and the easternmost land territory of Japan. Minimum depth (m): 3598. Maximum depth (m): 5781. Total relief (m): 2183. Dimension/size: 16 km × 13 km.",Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2019.,"Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel ""Shoyo"". Year of discovery: 1999. History: ""Sashiba"" is the Japanese for ""Grey-faced Buzzard"". A series of seamounts and guyots around the nearby Minami-Tori Shima Island (literally, ""Southern-Bird Island"" in Japanse) have been given bird names."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14962032    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 27.933197; Longitude: 154.937    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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