Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33530
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishWhakatāne ValleysIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishWhakatāne Sea ValleysNew Zealand Gazetteer   
PlaceType Valley 
Latitude 37° 34' 14.2" S (-37.57062175°)  
Longitude 176° 49' 35.3" E (176.82646249°)  
Min. Lat 37° 39' 0" S (-37.65°)  
Min. Long 176° 49' 9.8" E (176.8194°)  
Max. Lat 37° 28' 55.9" S (-37.4822°)  
Max. Long 176° 51' 41" E (176.8614°)  
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 from the nearby New Zealand land features, Whakatane (locality) and Whakatane River.    
Additional information (en): Two sea valleys trending NE off the continental shelf merging into the Tauranga Canyon. References: Pantin et al. 1973 ("Bay of Plenty" Chart); Wright, 1989 ("Bay of Plenty" Chart); Baldwin & Lewis, 1991 ("Cook" 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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