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| Needlepoint Spire || Needlepoint Crag || ''Nabuta Di’i'' || Great Spear

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| Pirate's Eye || Lighthouse Ring || ''Oangau ~~Kelapon~~'' || The Second Eye of the Cyclops

| Pirate's Eye || Lighthouse Ring || ''Oangau Kelapan'' || The Second Eye of the Cyclops

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| colspan=2 | Sea Serpent's Cavern || ''[[Nawuhu mythology#Sea serpents|Nójagolókoa]]'' || The Sea Serpent

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| rowspan=2 | Summerstone Falls || rowspan=2 | Shrieking Falls || ''[[Nawuhu mythology#Mepatetéka|Mepatetéka]]'' || (See [[Nawuhu mythology]].)

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| ''Konati Takia'' || Lesser [[w:Nachi Falls|Nachi Falls]]<ref>During Japanese occupation, Japanese Shinto practitioners used the waterfall to perform ''[[w:Misogi|misogi]]''(禊) , a traditional Shinto ritual ~~involving a waterfall~~. ~~Back in~~ Japan, the [[w:Nachi Falls|Nachi Falls]] are a popular destination to perform ''misogi'' ~~due to~~ it ~~being~~ the waterfall ~~with the longest drop~~ in the country. Thus, in honour of Nachi Falls, Shinto monks called ~~the waterfall on Wuhu Island~~ "小那智滝"(Hepburn: ''Ko-Nachi no Taki''), "Lesser Nachi Falls", due to it being smaller than Nachi Falls by about 30 metres. Although this term was primarily used by Japanese Shinto practitioniers who left the island after Allied liberation in 1945, the term remained popular with Japanese Buddhists, who performed ''sādhanā''(Japanese: 修行, Hepburn: ''shu-gyō'') under the waterfall.</ref>

| ''Konati Takia'' || Lesser [[w:Nachi Falls|Nachi Falls]]<ref>During Japanese occupation, Japanese Shinto practitioners used the waterfall to perform ''[[w:Misogi|misogi]]''(禊) , a traditional Shinto ritual. In Japan, the [[w:Nachi Falls|Nachi Falls]] are a popular destination to perform ''misogi'' because it is the tallest waterfall in the country. Thus, in honour of Nachi Falls, Shinto monks called ''Mepatetéka'' "小那智滝"(Hepburn: ''Ko-Nachi no Taki''), "Lesser Nachi Falls", due to it being smaller than Nachi Falls by about 30 metres. Although this term was primarily used by Japanese Shinto practitioniers who left the island after Allied liberation in 1945, the term remained popular with Japanese Buddhists, who performed ''sādhanā''(Japanese: 修行, Hepburn: ''shu-gyō'') under the waterfall.</ref>

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| colspan=2 | Sundown Point || ''Paba Tupi’iyáki'' || Sunset Place

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| colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Weathered Monument || ''Kejaha'' || The Weight<ref>In Wuhu mythology, the ''Kejaha'' was used to tell the mood of Maka Wuhu. Though many see it as a superstition, it did fairly accurately predict the 1809 eruption of Maka Wuhu.</ref>

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| ''~~Nehaubvs~~'' || "Reclining Buddha",<ref>During Japanese occupation of Wuhu Island, many Buddhists from mainland Japan noted the similarity in shape between the ''Kejaha'' and a [[w:Reclining Buddha|reclining Buddha statue]], and thus, aside from the local Buddhist temple in Wuhu Town, many Buddhists began praying to the Kejaha. The Buddhists called it by the Japanese term for a Reclining Buddha, 涅槃仏(ねはんぶつ, [[w:Hepburn romanisation|Hepburn]]: ''nehanbutsu''), which was loaned into Nawuhu as ''~~Nehaubvs~~''.</ref><br>"Sleeping Buddha"

| ''Nehambu'' || "Reclining Buddha",<ref>During Japanese occupation of Wuhu Island, many Buddhists from mainland Japan noted the similarity in shape between the ''Kejaha'' and a [[w:Reclining Buddha|reclining Buddha statue]], and thus, aside from the local Buddhist temple in Wuhu Town, many Buddhists began praying to the Kejaha. The Buddhists called it by the Japanese term for a Reclining Buddha, 涅槃仏(ねはんぶつ, [[w:Hepburn romanisation|Hepburn]]: ''nehanbutsu''), which was loaned into Nawuhu as ''Nehambu''.</ref><br>"Sleeping Buddha"

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 | Needlepoint Spire || Needlepoint Crag || ''Nabuta Di’i'' || Great Spear
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-| Pirate's Eye || Lighthouse Ring || ''Oangau Kelapon'' || The Second Eye of the Cyclops
+| Pirate's Eye || Lighthouse Ring || ''Oangau Kelapan'' || The Second Eye of the Cyclops
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 | colspan=2 | Sea Serpent's Cavern || ''[[Nawuhu mythology#Sea serpents|Nójagolókoa]]'' || The Sea Serpent
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 | rowspan=2 | Summerstone Falls || rowspan=2 | Shrieking Falls || ''[[Nawuhu mythology#Mepatetéka|Mepatetéka]]'' || (See [[Nawuhu mythology]].)
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-| ''Konati Takia'' || Lesser [[w:Nachi Falls|Nachi Falls]]<ref>During Japanese occupation, Japanese Shinto practitioners used the waterfall to perform ''[[w:Misogi|misogi]]''(禊) , a traditional Shinto ritual involving a waterfall. Back in Japan, the [[w:Nachi Falls|Nachi Falls]] are a popular destination to perform ''misogi'' due to it being the waterfall with the longest drop in the country. Thus, in honour of Nachi Falls, Shinto monks called the waterfall on Wuhu Island "小那智滝"(Hepburn: ''Ko-Nachi no Taki''), "Lesser Nachi Falls", due to it being smaller than Nachi Falls by about 30 metres. Although this term was primarily used by Japanese Shinto practitioniers who left the island after Allied liberation in 1945, the term remained popular with Japanese Buddhists, who performed ''sādhanā''(Japanese: 修行, Hepburn: ''shu-gyō'') under the waterfall.</ref>
+| ''Konati Takia'' || Lesser [[w:Nachi Falls|Nachi Falls]]<ref>During Japanese occupation, Japanese Shinto practitioners used the waterfall to perform ''[[w:Misogi|misogi]]''(禊) , a traditional Shinto ritual. In Japan, the [[w:Nachi Falls|Nachi Falls]] are a popular destination to perform ''misogi'' because it is the tallest waterfall in the country. Thus, in honour of Nachi Falls, Shinto monks called ''Mepatetéka'' "小那智滝"(Hepburn: ''Ko-Nachi no Taki''), "Lesser Nachi Falls", due to it being smaller than Nachi Falls by about 30 metres. Although this term was primarily used by Japanese Shinto practitioniers who left the island after Allied liberation in 1945, the term remained popular with Japanese Buddhists, who performed ''sādhanā''(Japanese: 修行, Hepburn: ''shu-gyō'') under the waterfall.</ref>
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 | colspan=2 | Sundown Point || ''Paba Tupi’iyáki'' || Sunset Place
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 | colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Weathered Monument || ''Kejaha'' || The Weight<ref>In Wuhu mythology, the ''Kejaha'' was used to tell the mood of Maka Wuhu. Though many see it as a superstition, it did fairly accurately predict the 1809 eruption of Maka Wuhu.</ref>
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-| ''Nehaubvs'' || "Reclining Buddha",<ref>During Japanese occupation of Wuhu Island, many Buddhists from mainland Japan noted the similarity in shape between the ''Kejaha'' and a [[w:Reclining Buddha|reclining Buddha statue]], and thus, aside from the local Buddhist temple in Wuhu Town, many Buddhists began praying to the Kejaha. The Buddhists called it by the Japanese term for a Reclining Buddha, 涅槃仏(ねはんぶつ, [[w:Hepburn romanisation|Hepburn]]: ''nehanbutsu''), which was loaned into Nawuhu as ''Nehaubvs''.</ref><br>"Sleeping Buddha"
+| ''Nehambu'' || "Reclining Buddha",<ref>During Japanese occupation of Wuhu Island, many Buddhists from mainland Japan noted the similarity in shape between the ''Kejaha'' and a [[w:Reclining Buddha|reclining Buddha statue]], and thus, aside from the local Buddhist temple in Wuhu Town, many Buddhists began praying to the Kejaha. The Buddhists called it by the Japanese term for a Reclining Buddha, 涅槃仏(ねはんぶつ, [[w:Hepburn romanisation|Hepburn]]: ''nehanbutsu''), which was loaned into Nawuhu as ''Nehambu''.</ref><br>"Sleeping Buddha"
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