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Naming undersea features of the Sea of Japan: History and modern problems

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This communication is dedicated to the investigation history and naming of the undersea morphostructures of the Sea of Japan for the last 50 years. Many of them were first described and studied during long-term geological-geophysical investigations in this basin carried out by Russian scientists. The analysis of 60 names of its undersea feature names revealed that only approximately half of them are cited in the GEBCO Gazetteer some of the undersea morphostructures are known under two or more names, the origin of their names is unknown, or their names were chosen voluntarily. For maintaining the priority of Russian investigations, the nomenclature and names of the undersea features should be adjusted in accordance with the national and international principles and regulations.

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Tsoy, I.B., Karnaukh, V.N. & Lelikov, E.P. Naming undersea features of the Sea of Japan: History and modern problems. Oceanology 53, 715–726 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437013060076

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