| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48893 |
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Name source |
| English | Tochinohoshi Seamounts | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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| Latitude |
12° 26' 55.2" N (12.44867°) |
| Longitude |
134° 22' 56.7" E (134.38242°) |
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12° 25' 1.8" N (12.4172°) |
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134° 22' 12" E (134.37°) |
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| Max. Lat |
12° 28' 48.6" N (12.4802°) |
| Max. Long |
134° 23' 41.4" E (134.3948°) |
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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: 2007. History: Tochinohoshi is a term of a traditional Japanese dialect meaning "Southern Cross". |
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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. T |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 12.41717 ; Long: 134.37 (update 2020-04-22) |
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Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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