Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7022
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishShirase BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishShirase BasinUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
JapaneseShirase Kaitei-kokuUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 76° 40' 0" S (-76.666667°)  
Longitude 158° 0' 0" W (-158°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -76.66666667; Long: -158    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Lieutenant Shirase, leader of the Japanese expedition in "Kainan Maru" ("Opener up of the South"), 1919.    
Additional information (en): Formerly, Shirase Basin.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155461    
Relation 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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