Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49868
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishKnights ValleyIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishKnights SeavalleyNew Zealand Gazetteer   
PlaceType Submarine valley(s) 
Latitude 34° 48' 3.1" S (-34.80085°)  
Longitude 175° 8' 6.5" E (175.13513°)  
Min. Lat 34° 52' 48" S (-34.88°)  
Min. Long 175° 4' 19.6" E (175.0721°)  
Max. Lat 34° 42' 39.2" S (-34.7109°)  
Max. Long 175° 10' 36.4" E (175.1768°)  
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: 2015.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the nearby Poor Knights Islands lying to the SW, which were named by Capt. Cook in 1769, possibly in reference to a popular English dish at the time of Cook's voyages.    
Additional information (en): This is a NE-SW sloping feature, located on the Northland Plateau approximately 80 km NE of Cape Brett, offshore from the North Island of New Zealand. The name first appeared on NZ Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'Poor Knights' in 1995. Minimum depth (m): 1000. Maximum depth (m): 1500. Total relief (m): 500. Dimension: 20 km x 5 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -34.80085 ; Long: 175.13513 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237133    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -34.800861; Longitude: 175.135139    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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