Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33595
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishZhinyu GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot(s) 
Latitude 19° 34' 24.3" N (19.57343°)  
Longitude 160° 17' 20.4" E (160.28901°)  
Min. Lat 19° 8' 6" N (19.135°)  
Min. Long 159° 45' 0" E (159.75°)  
Max. Lat 20° 3' 6.1" N (20.0517°)  
Max. Long 160° 50' 24" E (160.84°)  
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: Zhinyu is the name of a girl in a poem in the Book of Songs (a collection of poems in ancient Chinese Literature). The poem is about a love story between a couple named     
Additional information (en): Minimum depth (m): 1200. Maximum depth (m): 5200. Total relief (m): 4000. Dimension: 90 km × 75 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 19.6533; Long: 160.1567 (update 2026-09-29)    
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Part of  North Pacific Ocean (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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