Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33567
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMokohīnau KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 35° 43' 15.6" S (-35.721°)  
Longitude 176° 13' 5.5" E (176.2182°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes 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 Mokohinau Islands, New Zealand. "Mokohinau" is the name of a skink (type of lizard) found on the Mokohinau Islands. This is a Maori word, lit. moko: lizard; hinau: native tree. The correct orthography has a macron on the [i]    
Additional information (en): Located in the northern Bay of Plenty area. Reference: Carter, 1976 ("Cuvier" 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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