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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64567 |
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| English | Shuangpan Seamounts | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
14° 22' 34.5" N (14.37624°) |
| Longitude |
174° 57' 54.6" E (174.96516°) |
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14° 10' 8.5" N (14.169°) |
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174° 46' 45.8" E (174.7794°) |
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14° 35' 15.5" N (14.5876°) |
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175° 8' 40.7" E (175.1446°) |
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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 an elongated shape. From 2013-2018, the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted biological surveys of seamounts in the western Pacific Ocean, where Shuangpan sponges were discovered at the depth of 900 to 2000 m. Several undersea features in this area have been be named after groups of Pacific Ocean species. Minimum depth (m): 2327. Maximum depth (m): 5279. Total relief (m): 2952. Dimension/size: 51 km x 25 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: "Shuangpan" is the Chinese name for the sponge species “Amphidiscosida”, with its two legs ("two" is “shuang” in Chinese). Similarly, the feature has two mountain tops. |
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Last edited on 2024-04-25 14:20:27 by Lonneville Britt
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