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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48813
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishHahirohoshi SeamountsIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 11° 56' 34.5" N (11.94292°)  
Longitude 134° 29' 35.8" E (134.49329°)  
Min. Lat 11° 45' 54" N (11.765°)  
Min. Long 134° 27' 4.2" E (134.4512°)  
Max. Lat 12° 3' 21.6" N (12.056°)  
Max. Long 134° 34' 21" E (134.5725°)  
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-28. Proposer: Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Year of proposal: 2015.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Japanese survey vessel "Shoyo". Year of discovery: 2006. History: Hahirohoshi is a term of a traditional Japanese dialect meaning "Southern Cross".    
Additional information (en): At around this latitude (15°N), the Southern Cross can be seen even in the Northern Hemisphere. Accordingly, a number of undersea features on and around Kyushu-Palau Ridge are named from Japanese traditional dialect terms designating the Southern Cross. T    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 11.953 ; Long: 134.49017 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  Philippine Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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