Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58624
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHishikui SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 21° 31' 13.1" N (21.520295°)  
Longitude 148° 38' 28.6" E (148.64127°)  
Min. Lat 21° 24' 52.8" N (21.4147°)  
Min. Long 148° 32' 57" E (148.5492°)  
Max. Lat 21° 37' 33.3" N (21.6259°)  
Max. Long 148° 44' 0.2" E (148.7334°)  
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 elongated shape and a steepness of 18 %. Minami-Tori Shima Island, also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, and the easternmost land territory of Japan. Minimum depth (m): 3694. Maximum depth (m): 5492. Total relief (m): 1798. Dimension/size: 20 km × 20 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2017.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2001. History: Hishikui is the Japanese for "Bean Goose". A series of Seamounts and Guyots around the nearby Minami-Tori Shima Island (literally "Southern Bird Island" in Japanese) have been given bird names.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175474    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 21.556; Longitude: 148.65    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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