Horse latitude

Japanese: horse latitude(英語表記)horselatitude
Horse latitude

…At higher latitudes there is a high-latitude low pressure zone, and around the poles there is a polar easterly wind zone. The mid-latitude high pressure zone is also called the horse latitude. This comes from the fact that when a ship loaded with horses bound for the New World from Spain was unable to proceed because the wind died down in this area, the horses were thrown into the sea to lighten the load, and the water became filled with dead horses. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "horse latitude" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それより高緯度側に高緯度低圧帯があり,極のまわりは極東風帯となっている。なお中緯度高圧帯は〈馬の緯度horse latitude〉とも呼ばれる。これはスペインから新大陸に向かう馬を積んだ船が,この域内で風がやんでしまって進めなくなり,荷を軽くするために馬を海に投げすて,海面が馬の死体でいっぱいになったということから出ている。…

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