| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49857 |
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Name source |
| English | Wairaka Ridge | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Ridge |
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| Latitude |
36° 59' 42.3" S (-36.99509°) |
| Longitude |
177° 30' 43.7" E (177.51213°) |
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| Min. Lat |
37° 6' 7.2" S (-37.102°) |
| Min. Long |
177° 26' 31.1" E (177.442°) |
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| Max. Lat |
36° 52' 26.3" S (-36.874°) |
| Max. Long |
177° 34' 14.6" E (177.5707°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-29. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). Year of proposal: 2014. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in association with Wairaka Statue (site) on the adjacent mainland. Wairaka saved the canoe Mataatua from being swept away on the tide when it arrived from Hawaiki, the ancestral homeland of Maori. |
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Additional information (en): This feature, aligned NE-SW, lies E of Ngatoro Ridge, offshore from the E coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It crests at 1400 m at its S end. The name first appeared on NZ Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'Bay of Plenty' in 1989. Minimum depth (m): 1400. Maximum depth (m): 2500. Total relief (m): 1100. Dimension: 30 km. |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -36.99509 ; Long: 177.51214 (update 2020-04-22) |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237340 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -36.995083; Longitude: 177.512139 |
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Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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