Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26652
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKashino-zaki KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 32° 44' 0" N (32.733333°)  
Longitude 136° 55' 0" E (136.916667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): The name "Kashino" refers to a region in a small island on the southern edge of the Kii Peninsula in south west Japan. It is famous for the "Kashino-zaki Lighthouse" which is the oldest stone construction in Japan.    
(en): Minimum depth: 3050 m; Total relief: 900 m. The knoll is located approximately 15 km seaward of the Zenisu Ridge axis. It is approximately 20 km wide and 50 km long.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 32.733333; Long: 136.9167    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-19. Proposer: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii, USA. Year of proposal: 2005.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). Year of discovery: 2002. History: Named from the "Kashino" region, in a small island on the southern edge of the Kii Peninsula in south west Japan ("zaki" means "cape" in Japanese    
Additional information (en): This feature is located approximately 15 km seaward of the Zenisu Ridge axis. Minimum depth (m): 3050. Maximum depth (m): 3950. Total relief (m): 900. Dimension: 20 km x 50 km.    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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