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MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63497
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKounoashi SeamountUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 14° 53' 0" S (-14.883333°)  
Longitude 170° 38' 0" W (-170.633333°)  
Source US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF), available online at http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/acuf.html
Notes ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988632    
Additional information (en): Named from its shape as this feature looks like a broad-ribbed limpet (a mollusk), "Unoashi" in Japanese. "Ko" is the Japanese for small or minor, meaning that "Kounoashi" refers to a small broad-ribbed limpet. Proposed by Japanese Committee on Undersea Feature Names (JCUFN). Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names at USBGN Meeting 280; 20 October 2020.    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-11-29 14:38:55 by Lonneville Britt
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