Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33516
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishOkains CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 43° 22' 53.4" S (-43.3815°)  
Longitude 173° 54' 35.6" E (173.90989°)  
Min. Lat 43° 23' 40.2" S (-43.3945°)  
Min. Long 173° 49' 55.3" E (173.832°)  
Max. Lat 43° 21' 2.1" S (-43.3506°)  
Max. Long 173° 58' 53.1" E (173.9814°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -43.12875; Long: 173.9339; minLat: -43.4103; minLong: 173.8086; maxLat: -42.8472; maxLong: 174.0592    
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 from the nearby Okains bay on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.    
Additional information (en): A canyon incised into the continental slope, east of Pegasus Bay, northern Canterbury. Reference: Herzer & Carter, 1983 ("Pegasus" Chart).    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -43.1652 ; Long: 173.97317 ; minLat: -43.4103 ; minLong: 173.8086 ; maxLat: -42.8472 ; maxLong: 174.0592 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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