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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64516 |
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| English | Jingqiu Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
15° 9' 47.4" N (15.16317°) |
| Longitude |
173° 26' 37.2" E (173.44368°) |
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15° 4' 56.1" N (15.0822°) |
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173° 20' 52.7" E (173.348°) |
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15° 14' 42.7" N (15.2452°) |
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173° 32' 51.4" E (173.5476°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Additional information (en): This feature has a nearly round shape. From 2013-2018, the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted biological surveys of seamounts in the western Pacific Ocean, where the “Jiaolong” and “Faxian” bathyscaphs discovered this kind of sponges on the seafloor. Minimum depth (m): 3112. Maximum depth (m): 5433. Total relief (m): 2321. Dimension/size: 19 km x 16 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-36. Proposer: National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS), China. History: 2022. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Xiang Yang Hong 06". Year of discovery: 2019. History: "Jingqiu" is the Chinese name for the species “Bologominae sp”. It is a kind of sessile sponge usually seen on the seabed of tropical seas. The feature resembles a bulbous sponge growing on the seafloor. |
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Last edited on 2024-04-25 14:20:27 by Lonneville Britt
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