Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58685
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNaka-Yatagarasu GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishNakayatagarasu GuyotUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Guyot 
Latitude 20° 20' 44.9" N (20.3458°)  
Longitude 150° 40' 12" E (150.67°)  
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 tripod-like shape. 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): 1676. Maximum depth (m): 6045. Total relief (m): 4369. Dimension/size: 60 km × 50 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: 2001. History: Named from its shape as this feature looks like a group of three bird-claws. There are three similar features in this area, which brings to mind the three-legged crow, a creature foundin various mythologies and arts of East Asia. In Japan, it is known as"Yatagarasu". "Naka" is the Japanese for middle, meaning that "Naka-Yatagarasu" refers to a middle size three-legged crow. 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): 14988620    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 20.378914; Longitude: 150.717986    
Relation 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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