Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/6397
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFutaba SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 37° 9' 0" N (37.15°)  
Longitude 144° 38' 0" E (144.63333333°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Corrected latitude/longitude (GEBCO October 2002 error: 36°55'0"N/144°46'0"E) Updated with GEBCO May 2014.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-22. Proposer: Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department (JHOD). Year of proposal: 2009.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2005. History: Named from the nearby town of Futaba, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, which is known for the dinosaur fossil "Futaba-Suzuki-Ryu".    
Additional information (en): This feature is located on the Joban Seamount Chain. Minimum depth (m): 3600. Maximum depth (m): 5600. Total relief (m): 2000. Dimension: 15 km x 15 km.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 36.916667; Longitude: 144.766667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 225703    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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