Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63196
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishYanhei SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 12° 7' 4.2" N (12.11782°)  
Longitude 138° 44' 3" W (-138.73416°)  
Min. Lat 12° 4' 45.2" N (12.0792°)  
Min. Long 138° 46' 17.3" W (-138.7715°)  
Max. Lat 12° 9' 5.9" N (12.1516°)  
Max. Long 138° 41' 49.8" W (-138.6972°)  
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 peanut-like shape. Several undersea features in this area have been named after seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): which are common in this part of the Pacific Ocean. Minimum depth (m): 3734. Maximum depth (m): 4805. Total relief (m): 1071. Dimension/size: 8.8 km × 8.7 km."    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: China Minmetals Corporation. History: 2019.,"Discoverer: Chinese research vessel ""Xiang Yang Hong 6"". Year of discovery: 2017. History: Named from the black-and-white-tailed sea swallow, ""Yanhei"" in Chinese, a typical oceanic seabird of the genus Hymenoptera, which is found in this region."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14962063    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 12.116697; Longitude: -138.723297    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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