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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58679 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Magoshichi-no-Hoshi Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Magoshichi no Hoshi Seamount | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
20° 2' 42.6" N (20.04517°) |
| Longitude |
153° 52' 26.4" E (153.874°) |
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| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has a distorded shape. The given name Magoshichi is used here as his family name, Sato, is very common in Japan. Minimum depth (m): 3756. Maximum depth (m): 5877. Total relief (m): 2121. Dimension/size: 15 km × 15 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-31. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). History: 2018. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Takuyo". Year of discovery: 2000. History: Named in association with the nearby Magoshichi Guyots, which were named after Magoshichi Sato (1910-2006), a legendary Japanese captain and educator in hydrography and oceanography. This feature looks like a badge of Captain Magoshichi, displaying a compass mark. As this mark ressembled a star, "Magoshichi-no-Hoshi" literally means "a star of Captain Magoshichi". |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988640 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 20.064128; Longitude: 153.887169 |
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Last edited on 2019-05-15 02:08:08 by Lonneville Britt
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