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On July 22, 1908, Named "Nakanotori Island" and incorporated into
Japanese territory by Japanese Cabinet decision. According to the minutes of the Cabinet meeting, the island discovered by Yamada was reported to correspond to "Ganges Island" on the nautical charts, but since it was different from the
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Cabinet made a decision to "name the island Nakanotorishima and to place it under the jurisdiction of the Ogasawara Islands Agency in Tokyo Prefecture." In 1943, "it was deleted from the Confidential Hydrographic Chart" and in 1946, "Nakanotorishima does not exist," " Detailed
842:'s Hydrographic Department issued Notice No. 46, stating that "The reefs suspected to be located approximately 14 nautical miles north of Nakanotorishima Island and the island were found not to exist as a result of a precise survey" and were deleted from general hydrographic publications.
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Instruction No. 677 on the scope of "Japan." Although it stated that this "means the extent of Japan for the purpose of this Instruction and does not indicate the extent of Japanese territory," the following list, including "Nakanotori-shimaNakanotorishima" was presented.
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Although the description of
Nakanotori Island was deleted sequentially in accordance with the public notice, unamended hydrographic charts and maps were still circulated in the private sector, such as those depicted in the "Koutou Shinchizu" (高等新地図) published in 1953.
710:, it was necessary to determine the location at a later date, saying "There is a slight difference in its location, and it is necessary to determine it on another day." However, it was also stated that "there is no argument that it belongs to Japanese territory."
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Yamada's report of the discovery contains a number of oddities, including the fact that the location of the island does not correspond to the distance from the island to the
Ogasawara Islands, and that there were several million albatrosses there even though
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until 1880, but disappeared in 1888. In 1875, a major revision of the U.S. Admiralty removed many dubious islands, including Ganges Island, from the charts, but continued to record various reefs in the area until 1941.
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on April 28, 1908, in which Yamada compared the island he had discovered to "Ganges Island" and submitted it with a "Notification of
Discovery of Islands Belonging to Ogasawara Island" and a map of the island.
730:(1912-1926), the surrounding waters were explored on a large scale, but no discovery was made at all. In 1913, the "Yoshioka Maru" went to survey Nakanotori Island, but failed to find the island.
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A Directory for the
Navigation of the North Pacific Ocean: With Descriptions of Its Coasts, Islands, Etc., from Panama to Behring Strait and Japan, Its Winds, Currents, and Passages
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Based on Yamada's report, Hiroshi Abe, the
Governor of Tokyo Prefecture, submitted a "Report on the New Island Administrative District Allocation" to the Minister of Home Affairs,
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A phantom island that was recognized as
Japanese territory from 1908 to 1943, but does not actually exist. Data on the island when it was recognized as a territory is provided.
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Ogasawara
Islanders have explored it several times in the past but failed to find it. It is listed on nautical charts as
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observations have shown that it does not exist." Therefore, the existence of Nakanotorishima is not currently confirmed.
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Kenzo Muraoka responded to a question about Nakanotorishima:
1309:[The Albatross and the Expansion of Japan's Empire].
1056:. Published for Richard Holmes Laurie, 53, Fleet street, E.C.
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Nakanotorishima (島鳥ノ中) on a 1941 map of Japan (center right)
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43:The Earth, popular treatise on universal geography
24:
1135:"「中ノ鳥島」の探検者・大平三次の伝記のための覚書 : 自由民権活動家から投機的実業化へ"
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733:In September 1927, a survey was conducted by the
208:The purported island was considered a part of an
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240:Ganges Island is probably named after the ship
212:, which included other phantom islands such as
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478:Hydrographic Department also states that;
420:as being the same as the "Ganges Reef" at
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751:General Headquarters of the Allied Powers
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695:did not fly there at that time of year.
1330:平岡昭利 (Akitoshi Hiraoka) (2012-11-15).
1305:平岡昭利 (Akitoshi Hiraoka) (2008-06-20).
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254:Bowditch's American Practical Navigator
251:Ganges Island is referenced in 1826 on
49:are written in the lower right corner.
647:. The island has a circumference of 1
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1240:"中ノ鳥島とは？ 実在しない島を日本領に編入。海図から削除されて75年"
584:In August 1907, Teizaburo Yamada of
45:written at Italy in 1898. The words
671:. The island was also covered with
83:2.13 km (0.82 sq mi)
41:Enlarged map accompanying the book
16:Phantom island in the North Pacific
928:, literally "southern bird island"
608:. The report was submitted to the
490:The coordinates of Ganges Island,
451:, itself presented as "doubtful."
288:, then on a map of 1832. In 1841,
172:, literally "central bird island")
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1270:"第142回国会 参議院 総務委員会 第7号 平成10年4月7日"
1052:Alexander George Findlay (1870).
934:, literally "distant bird island"
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588:reported that he had discovered
216:as well as real islands such as
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838:On November 22, 1946, Japanese
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1332:アホウドリと「帝国」日本の拡大―南洋の島々への進出から侵略へ
714:Failure of large-scale surveys
1:
986:"Island in Pacific Vanishes".
706:location of Ganges Island in
474:in 1904 by the then Japanese
1368:Islands of the Pacific Ocean
91:6.67 km (4.145 mi)
1338:] (in Japanese). 明石書店.
1139:千葉大学大学院人文社会科学研究科研究プロジェクト報告書
1003:Alexander Starbuck (2015).
899:, east of the Bonin Islands
708:Japan Hydrographic Magazine
472:Japan Hydrographic Magazine
161:
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1183:北方領土問題対策協会. Archived from
864:Maps showing Ganges Island
786:, Ogasawara, Iwo Islands,
577:Teizaburo Yamada reported
1177:"連合軍最高司令部訓令（SCAPIN）第677号"
651:25 cho (about 6.67
570:, etc. were then marked.
174:in Japanese, appeared at
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1296:Reynolds, J. N. (1841).
356:Alexander George Findlay
1268:村岡兼造村岡兼造 (1998-04-07).
1266:Chief Cabinet Secretary
1141:. 第296集. 千葉大学大学院: 2–14.
957:Stommel, Henry (1984).
851:Chief Cabinet Secretary
675:, which is formed when
667:, which appeared to be
610:Ogasawara Subprefecture
135:Ogasawara Subprefecture
1300:. Harper and Brothers.
993:. 12 July 1933. p. 12.
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655:), an area of 643,700
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141:Additional information
1205:大蔵省印刷局 (1946-11-12).
1082:海軍省水路部 (1904-12-28).
840:Ministry of Transport
721:
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1323:10.24586/jags.1.1_53
1133:長谷川亮一 (2016-02-28).
1007:. Scholar's Choice.
476:Ministry of the Navy
290:Jeremiah N. Reynolds
1238:安藤健二 (2021-11-22).
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377:31.500°N 154.000°E
342:31.000°N 154.167°E
276:30.750°N 154.417°E
193:30.750°N 154.417°E
1345:978-4-7503-3700-5
1166:, pp. 91–92.
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