Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33490
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishHikurangi Sea ChannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishHikurangi ChannelUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishHikurangi SeachannelUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 40° 9' 36.5" S (-40.16015°)  
Longitude 4° 59' 33.5" W (-4.99263°)  
Min. Lat 42° 35' 10" S (-42.5861°)  
Min. Long 179° 59' 56.4" W (-179.999°)  
Max. Lat 38° 7' 23.4" S (-38.1232°)  
Max. Long 179° 59' 56.4" E (179.999°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-25. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in association with the nearby Hikurangi Plateau.    
Additional information (en): This is a flat-floored feature extending eastward from offshore Mahia Peninsula. It is incised at the southern end of the Hikurangi Plateau. References: Lewis 1994; ("Lachlan" Chart); Carter 1995; CANZ 1997 ("NZ Region" Chart).Dimension: At least 1500 km     
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -39.5; Longitude: -178    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 411854    
Coordinate information (en): Coordinates in New Zealand gazetteer: -39.489833, -179.020833    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -37.38901 ; Long: -177.31159 ; minLat: -42.2592 ; minLong: -179.99 ; maxLat: -35.847 ; maxLong: 179.99 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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