Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57100
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishJiugao GuyotIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Guyot(s) 
Latitude 20° 9' 0.4" N (20.15012°)  
Longitude 172° 2' 59.5" E (172.04985°)  
Min. Lat 20° 2' 57.5" N (20.0493°)  
Min. Long 171° 58' 43.9" E (171.9789°)  
Max. Lat 20° 15' 3.9" N (20.2511°)  
Max. Long 172° 7' 32.5" E (172.1257°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Chinese research vessel "Dayang Yihao". Year of discovery: 2001. History: The term "Jiugao", which means a tortuous and far-reaching swamp in the garden, comes from a poem known as Heming in Shijing·Xiaoya. Shijing is a collection of ancient Chinese Poems from the 11th to 6th centuries BC. Heming is a scenic and lyric poetry. One poem depicts a landscape painting, with a combination of green mountain, deep river, flying crane, grey trees, ...    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association (COMRA). History: 2017.    
Additional information (en): This feature has a flat top platform and steep slopes. Minimum depth (m): 1514. Maximum depth (m): 2600. Total relief (m): 1086. Dimension: 21.5 km x 15 km    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15173645    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 20.1517; Longitude: 172.05    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 20.1517; Long: 172.05 (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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