Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33791
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRitchie BanksIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 39° 37' 20" S (-39.62221853°)  
Longitude 178° 23' 45" E (178.3958311°)  
Min. Lat 39° 39' 52.2" S (-39.6645°)  
Min. Long 178° 22' 5.9" E (178.3683°)  
Max. Lat 39° 34' 31.1" S (-39.5753°)  
Max. Long 178° 25' 45.1" E (178.4292°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Named from Rear-Admiral G.S. Ritchie, Commanding Officer of New Zealand HMNZS Lachlan, 1954-57.    
(en): A group of banks on the middle part of the continental slope off Hawke Bay. Centred about 80 km southeast of Mahia Peninsula. References: Pantin, 1963 Pantin, 1963 (Mahia Chart) Baldwin & Lewis, 1991 (Cook Chart) Arron & Lewis, 1991 (Mahia Chart).    
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 group of banks on the middle part of the continental slope off Hawke Bay, New Zealand. Centred about 80 km southeast of Mahia Peninsula. References: Pantin, 1963 ("Mahia" Chart); Baldwin & Lewis, 1991 ("Cook" Chart); Arron & Lewis, 1991 ("Mahia" Chart).    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -39.633333; Longitude: 178.333333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155168    
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Part of  South West Pacific Ocean (General Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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