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'''Giogsafn''' ([[Giok]]+[[safn]]; 玉山; Jade mountain, Mt. Morrison) | '''Giogsafn''' ([[Giok]]+[[safn]]; [[wikt:玉山|玉山]]; Jade mountain, Mt. Morrison) | ||
Jade Mountain was first observed by westerners in 1857. W. Morrison,captain of the American freighter SS Alexander, sighted this mountainwhile departing from Anping Harbor, in what is now Anping, Tainan([[Anpeeng]]). He recorded this sighting in his naval log, and the mountain gained the name Mount Morrison in western literature. | Jade Mountain was first observed by westerners in 1857. W. Morrison,captain of the American freighter SS Alexander, sighted this mountainwhile departing from Anping Harbor, in what is now Anping, Tainan([[Anpeeng]]). He recorded this sighting in his naval log, and the mountain gained the name Mount Morrison in western literature. | ||
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Under its Japanese name, the mountain was used as the secret code to signal the carrier fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to begin its attackagainst Pearl Harbor. The code was Niitakayama Nobore (English: "Climb Mount Niitaka"). | Under its Japanese name, the mountain was used as the secret code to signal the carrier fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to begin its attackagainst Pearl Harbor. The code was Niitakayama Nobore (English: "Climb Mount Niitaka"). | ||
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