Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/34204
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishNorth Bounty ChannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishNorth ChannelUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishNorth SeachannelUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 45° 51' 42.7" S (-45.86186°)  
Longitude 172° 53' 28" E (172.89112°)  
Min. Lat 46° 9' 11.7" S (-46.1533°)  
Min. Long 172° 17' 57.1" E (172.2992°)  
Max. Lat 45° 38' 2.3" S (-45.634°)  
Max. Long 173° 24' 35.7" E (173.4099°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154734    
Additional information (en): Feature description: The northernmost of three western tributaries of Bounty Channel, approximately 150km east-northeast of Dunedin. History/Origin/Meaning: Named in association with the Bounty Islands, which Lieutenant William Bligh named after his ship HMS Bounty.    
Coordinate information (en): Lat: -45.75; Long: 172.583333    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -45.888196; Long: 172.871892; minLat: -46.15326; minLong: 172.29919; maxLat: -45.63396; maxLong: 173.40991    
Additional information (en): Adopted from NZGB Gazetteer. This feature is the northernmost of three western tributaries of Bounty Channel, approximately 150 km offshore from the SE coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The name first appeared on Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'Otago' in 1969. Minimum depth (m): 1800. Maximum depth (m): 2090. Total relief (m): 290. Dimension/size: 126 km long.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). History: 2019.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in association with the Bounty Islands, which Lieutenant William Bligh named after his ship HMS Bounty.    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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