Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58587
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAoki SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 19° 27' 36" N (19.46°)  
Longitude 152° 1' 22.8" E (152.023°)  
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 an almost conical shape. Minimum depth (m): 1565. Maximum depth (m): 5505. Total relief (m): 3940. Dimension/size: 30 km × 30 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: 2002. History: Named after Dr. Hitoshi Aoki (1930-2013), a Japanese marine geologist working for Tokai University. He specialized in igneous petrology of dredged rocks from ocean floor. His work included the geological survey of a volcano island, Nishinoshima Island, which erupted in 1973, as well as a study of the cobalt-rich crust around the Minami-Tori Shima Island.He was also involved in the academic exchanges between Japan and Russia & Ukraine, ans was named honorary professor from the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1999.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988462    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 19.470331; Longitude: 152.054436    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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