Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49854
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPurerua SeamountIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seamount(s) 
Latitude 33° 54' 39.1" S (-33.91086°)  
Longitude 174° 31' 54.7" E (174.53186°)  
Min. Lat 34° 2' 41.7" S (-34.0449°)  
Min. Long 174° 17' 16.5" E (174.2879°)  
Max. Lat 33° 46' 13.7" S (-33.7705°)  
Max. Long 174° 43' 44.2" E (174.7289°)  
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-29. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). Year of proposal: 2014.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in association with the Purerua settlement on the adjacent New Zealand mainland. Lit. "pure": a sacred rite, "rua": two.    
Additional information (en): This is a broad, flat-topped, NE trending feature, located N-NE of the North Island of New Zealand. The name first appeared on NZ Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'North Cape' in 1990. Minimum depth (m): 1250. Maximum depth (m): 2950. Total relief (m): 1700. Dimension: 246 km².    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -33.91086 ; Long: 174.53186 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237310    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -33.910861; Longitude: 174.531861    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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