Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33589
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTūranganui KnollIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Knoll(s) 
Latitude 39° 4' 31.5" S (-39.07541°)  
Longitude 179° 19' 38.2" E (179.32729°)  
Min. Lat 39° 16' 28.9" S (-39.2747°)  
Min. Long 179° 9' 1.8" E (179.1505°)  
Max. Lat 38° 53' 16.8" S (-38.888°)  
Max. Long 179° 29' 4.9" E (179.4847°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names (2019-05-03), available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-26. Proposer: Don Grant, New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); and Adam Greenland, New Zealand Hydrographic Office (LINZ). Year of proposal: 2013.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Year of discovery: 1991. History: Turanganui is an indigenous Maori name meaning literally "great standing", and is a shortened version of the Maori name of the associated land feature, Gisborne (town), New Zealand. Altered from Gisborne Knolls as depicte    
Additional information (en): This feature is a round-topped knoll on the margin of the Hikurangi Plateau, approximately 100 km east-southeast from the central east coast of New Zealand's North Island. Minimum depth (m): 2740. Maximum depth (m): 3600. Total relief (m): 860. Dimension:    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -39.0362; Long: 179.3255 (update 2021-09-06)    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-06 12:10:47 by Lonneville Britt
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