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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48862
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNansei-Kazahayahoshi SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 14° 29' 45.3" N (14.49593°)  
Longitude 134° 13' 15" E (134.22083°)  
Min. Lat 14° 26' 7.8" N (14.4355°)  
Min. Long 134° 8' 33.6" E (134.1427°)  
Max. Lat 14° 33' 5.4" N (14.5515°)  
Max. Long 134° 17' 10.8" E (134.2863°)  
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: Named from the nearby Kazahayahoshi Seamount. "Kazahayahoshi" is a term of a traditional Japanese dialect meaning "Southern Cross". "Nansei" means "Southwest" in Japanese.    
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. M    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 14.50567 ; Long: 134.246 (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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