MOE home > Nature and Parks > EBSA home > Offshore Seafloor > 301 Shiretoko Bank, Kitami Yamato Bank
Area (km2) | 15556 |
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Maximum water depth (m) | 2727 |
Selected due to high levels for criteria 6 and 8, and selected by MARXAN software.
Numerous species of bottom fish and crustacea live on the Kitami-Yamato Bank, which is highly productive. In the northern area of waters 301 it extends to the northern Kuril Islands and is more than 3000 m deep, connecting to the flat Kuril Basin (Japan Oceanographic Data Center, 1985).
Shiretoko Bank, Kitami-Yamato Bank, Seamount, Canyon
Criteria 1 |
<Pisces> |
Zesticelus ochotensis |
Careproctus rhodomelas |
Ricuzenius nudithorax |
Criteria 4 |
<Octocorallia> |
Balticina pacifica% |
* This is the species list of which meet the criteria. In that matter, this list does not include all species that inhabit the individual area.