Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33576
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRisheng GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot(s) 
Latitude 20° 42' 57.9" N (20.71609°)  
Longitude 127° 43' 4.9" E (127.71802°)  
Min. Lat 20° 37' 48" N (20.63°)  
Min. Long 127° 37' 0.1" E (127.6167°)  
Max. Lat 20° 48' 36" N (20.81°)  
Max. Long 127° 49' 18.1" E (127.8217°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-25. Proposer: Zhanhai Zhang, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Beijing, China. Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2003. History: Risheng is the name of a traditional building - Tulou in the Fujian Province of China. The feature has a similar shape to the Risheng Tulou. "Risheng" means "sunrise" in    
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 3147. Maximum depth (m): 5200. Total relief (m): 2053. Dimension: 23 km × 21 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 20.71; Long: 127.735 (update 2026-09-29)    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2026-09-29 09:47:45 by Lonneville Britt
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