Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58692
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNishi-Tennosei SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishNishitennōsei SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 19° 41' 34.1" N (19.6928°)  
Longitude 135° 51' 36" E (135.86°)  
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 conical and elongated shape. All undersea features around the Kyushu-Palau Ridge are named after stars and planets. Minimum depth (m): 1981. Maximum depth (m): 5241. Total relief (m): 3260. Dimension/size: 25 km × 20 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: 1994. History: Named from its geographical location, to the west of Tennosei Seamount ("Nishi" means "West" in Japanese). "Tennosei" is the Japanese for "Uranus".    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988683    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 19.717253; Longitude: 135.798606    
Relation 
Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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