Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58681
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishMeiosei RiseIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishMeiōsei RiseUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Rise 
Latitude 18° 28' 21.1" N (18.47252°)  
Longitude 135° 35' 2.1" E (135.583905°)  
Min. Lat 18° 17' 51.5" N (18.2976°)  
Min. Long 135° 25' 13.6" E (135.4204°)  
Max. Lat 18° 38' 50.7" N (18.6474°)  
Max. Long 135° 44' 50.5" E (135.7474°)  
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 a roughly oval shape. The single position is that of the summit. All undersea features around the Kyushu-Palau Ridge are named after stars and planets. Minimum depth (m): 3039. Maximum depth (m): 5092. Total relief (m): 2053. Dimension/size: 35 km × 35 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: 1993. History: Named from its location, to the northeast of Meiosei Seamount. "Meiosei" means Pluto in Japanese.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988642    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 18.477378; Longitude: 135.585456    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2019-05-15 02:08:08 by Lonneville Britt
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