Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33521
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRitchie RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 39° 27' 29.7" S (-39.45825996°)  
Longitude 178° 24' 50.2" E (178.4139433°)  
Min. Lat 39° 36' 1.1" S (-39.6003°)  
Min. Long 178° 23' 34.1" E (178.3928°)  
Max. Lat 39° 19' 7" S (-39.3186°)  
Max. Long 178° 28' 12" E (178.47°)  
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: -39.45945; Long: 178.4314; minLat: -39.6003; minLong: 178.3928; maxLat: -39.3186; maxLong: 178.47    
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 after Rear Admiral G.S. Ritchie (1914-2012), Commanding Officer of New Zealand HMNZS "Lachlan" from 1954-57.    
Additional information (en): A ridge that lies east of the North and South Ritchie Troughs. This ridge has an almost direct N-S alignment and extends from a knoll-like crest in the north to Ritchie Banks in the south. Reference: Arron & Lewis, 1992 ("Mahia" Chart).    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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