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‘Scramble for the oceans’: how countries are racing to name and claim remote parts of the seabed

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Geographers say countries are using politics of nationalism to stamp their mark on the topography of the ocean.

Countries are using the politics of national identity to claim undersea features, known as 'bathyonyms' Japan is the most zealous proposer of names for seabed objects in the world, followed by the US , France , Russia , New Zealand and China .

Bulgaria , which has a very modest presence in the Antarctic , has been one of the most enthusiastic exponents of Antarctic place naming.

The naming and claiming of ocean features is not merely a territorial issue, says Basik Basik .

“This is not only about possible geopolitical conflicts and potential wars,” he says.

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