Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58623
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishHigashi-Mokusei SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishHigashimokusei SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 21° 17' 36.6" N (21.2935°)  
Longitude 136° 32' 20.4" E (136.539°)  
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 oval shape. All undersea features located around the Kyushu-Palau Ridge are named from stars and planets. Minimum depth (m): 1837. Maximum depth (m): 4201. Total relief (m): 2364. Dimension/size: 15 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: 1990. History: Named from its geographical location as this feature is located to the east of Mokusei Seamount ("Higashi" is the Japanese for east). "Mokusei" means Jupiter in Japanese.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988570    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 21.305408; Longitude: 136.534253    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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