Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63178
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishTianxian KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishTianxian HillUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 9° 16' 21.1" N (9.27252°)  
Longitude 154° 37' 33.9" W (-154.62607°)  
Min. Lat 9° 15' 9" N (9.2525°)  
Min. Long 154° 38' 45.3" W (-154.6459°)  
Max. Lat 9° 17' 32.8" N (9.2924°)  
Max. Long 154° 36' 21" W (-154.6058°)  
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 elliptical shape. Features in this area have been given names after the following seven Chinese fairies: Tianchang    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Tianxian    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Tianqing, Tianyu, Tianshou, Tianyang and Tianrong. Minimum depth (m): 5009. Maximum depth (m): 5450. Total relief (m): 441. Dimension/size: 4.6 km × 5.3 km.",Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA). History: 2019.,"Discoverer: Chinese research vessel ""Xiang Yang Hong 3"". Year of discovery: 2017. History: Named after ""Tianxian"", one of seven beautiful fairies in Chinese mythology."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14962049    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 9.2217; Longitude: -154.596697    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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