Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49871
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishMadden Sea ChannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishMadden ChannelNew Zealand Gazetteer   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 40° 38' 57.5" S (-40.64931°)  
Longitude 177° 19' 57.2" E (177.33255°)  
Min. Lat 40° 44' 42.6" S (-40.7452°)  
Min. Long 177° 15' 48.3" E (177.2634°)  
Max. Lat 40° 33' 44.8" S (-40.5624°)  
Max. Long 177° 23' 11.3" E (177.3865°)  
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 in association with Madden Basin and Madden Canyon, which were named after Admiral Sir Charles Madden (1906-2001), Chief of New Zealand Naval Staff.    
Additional information (en): This feature is located approximately 60 km E-SE of Cape Turnagain, offshore from the E coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the gentle-sided lower part of Madden Canyon that falls as deep as 2000 m. The name first appeared on NZ Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'Turnagain' in 2002. Minimum depth (m): 1900. Maximum depth (m): 2000. Total relief (m): 100. Dimension: 40 km.    
Coordinate information (en): Coordinates in New Zealand gazetteer: -40.639333, 177.322667    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -40.64931 ; Long: 177.33255 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15454010    
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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