Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58579
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishYagiza SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 15° 38' 9.6" N (15.636°)  
Longitude 133° 5' 24" E (133.09°)  
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 rectangular shape. It is interpreted as an Oceanic Core Complex (OCC), typically characterized with corrugated surface, which is almost normal to the regional bathymetric trend defined by the abyssal hills. All OCCs in this region are named after ecliptical constellations. Minimum depth (m): 5024. Maximum depth (m): 6154. Total relief (m): 1130. Dimension/size: 10 km × 15 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-31. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2018.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 1997. History: "Yagiza" is the Japanese for the Capricornus Constellation.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988758    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 15.667253; Longitude: 133.095992    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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