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Otohime Iwa (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Otohime Iwa (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Rock (2b)
This name originates from Japan. It is part of the Japan Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A rocky hill (137.5 m asl.) in the Ryûgû Misaki area. Mapped from surveys (1977-78) and air photos (1962) by JARE, and named Otohime Iwa. Otohime is the Princess in the Dragon's Palace under the sea in a Japanese folktale.
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