Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48865
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNianfeng GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot(s) 
Latitude 18° 1' 24.5" N (18.02347°)  
Longitude 178° 24' 20.3" W (-178.40564°)  
Min. Lat 17° 56' 35.9" N (17.9433°)  
Min. Long 178° 29' 24" W (-178.49°)  
Max. Lat 18° 6' 29.9" N (18.1083°)  
Max. Long 178° 19' 41.9" W (-178.3283°)  
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-27. Proposer: Zhanhai Zhang, Sub Committee on Undersea Feature Names of China Committee on Geographical Names. Year of proposal: 2014.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 1998. History: Nianfeng comes from a Chinese poem named Wu Yang in Shi Jing - Xiao Ya (Shi Jing is a collection of ancient Chinese poems). This poem describes the lively hunting life w    
Additional information (en): This feature has a conical shape, and a flat top with steep hillsides. Minimum depth (m): 1800. Maximum depth (m): 3800. Total relief (m): 2000. Dimension: 17 km × 18 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 18.0233; Long: -178.4 (update 2026-09-29)    
Relation 
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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