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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48869 |
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Name source |
| English | Nishi-Kazahayahoshi Seamount | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
14° 37' 13.3" N (14.62035°) |
| Longitude |
134° 10' 6.6" E (134.16851°) |
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14° 33' 24.1" N (14.5567°) |
| Min. Long |
134° 4' 20.4" E (134.0723°) |
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| Max. Lat |
14° 40' 51.3" N (14.6809°) |
| Max. Long |
134° 16' 36.9" E (134.2769°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| 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. |
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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". "Nishi" means "West" in Japanese. |
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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 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 14.58983 ; Long: 134.16933 (update 2020-04-22) |
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Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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