Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49836
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishParitū TroughIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Trough 
Latitude 38° 56' 55.5" S (-38.94874°)  
Longitude 178° 41' 1.5" E (178.68375°)  
Min. Lat 39° 2' 20.7" S (-39.0391°)  
Min. Long 178° 35' 28.6" E (178.5913°)  
Max. Lat 38° 50' 42.3" S (-38.8451°)  
Max. Long 178° 46' 58.1" E (178.7828°)  
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-27. Proposer: Mark Dyer, New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); and Adam Greenland, New Zealand Hydrographic Office (LINZ). Year of proposal: 2014.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: New Zealand research vessels "Tangaroa" and "Rapuhia". Year of discovery: 1990. History: Paritu is a Maori word that translates as "steep cliff" (the correct orthography has a macron on the [u]).    
Additional information (en): This feature trends NE-SW on the middle part of the continental slope approximately 60 km offshore from the central E coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It separates North Paritu Ridge and South Paritu Ridge. The name first appeared on NZ Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'Mahia' in 1992. The single position is that of the deepest part. Minimum depth (m): 1200. Maximum depth (m): 1500. Total relief (m): 300. Dimension: 20 km x 5 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -38.962 ; Long: 178.66717 (update 2020-04-22)    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -38.962; Long: 178.66717; minLat: -39.05066; minLong: 178.55772; maxLat: -38.84507; maxLong: 178.78281 (update 2022-07-26)    
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Edit history Last edited on 2022-07-26 14:30:46 by Lonneville Britt
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