| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64596 |
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| English | Zhonghuahou Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
14° 47' 44.3" N (14.79563°) |
| Longitude |
174° 46' 15.1" E (174.77086°) |
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14° 35' 3.6" N (14.5843°) |
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174° 28' 40.3" E (174.4779°) |
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15° 0' 48" N (15.0133°) |
| Max. Long |
175° 0' 42.7" E (175.0119°) |
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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 irregular shape. The horseshoe crab has been on the earth for more than 300 million years and is known as a “living fossil”. Minimum depth (m): 2215. Maximum depth (m): 5189. Total relief (m): 2974. Dimension/size: 61 km x 41 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: "Zhonghuahou" is the Chinese name for Horseshoe Crabs (tachypleus tridentatus in Latin). The feature looks like a horseshoe crab crawling on the sea floor, from the top view. Horseshoe crabs are mainly distributed in China, Indonesia and Vietnam. |
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Last edited on 2024-04-25 14:20:27 by Lonneville Britt
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