MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48812 |
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Name source |
English | Habunohoshi Terrace | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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PlaceType |
Terrace |
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Latitude |
13° 27' 38.1" N (13.460586°) |
Longitude |
134° 6' 39.6" E (134.110998°) |
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Min. Lat |
12° 56' 42.5" N (12.9451°) |
Min. Long |
133° 49' 48.3" E (133.8301°) |
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Max. Lat |
13° 54' 49.3" N (13.9137°) |
Max. Long |
134° 20' 28.1" E (134.3411°) |
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Source |
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: Habunohoshi 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.Di |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 14:57:37 by Oset Garcia Paula
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