Marine Regions · Monowai Caldera (Caldera)

Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID

http://marineregions.org/mrgid/58755

Status

Proposed standard

Name

Language	Name	Name source
English	Monowai Caldera	IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names

PlaceType

Caldera

Latitude

25° 48' 14.5" S (-25.80404°)

Longitude

177° 9' 0" W (-177.15001°)

Min. Lat

25° 50' 59.6" S (-25.8499°)

Min. Long

177° 12' 54.6" W (-177.2152°)

Max. Lat

25° 45' 38.6" S (-25.7607°)

Max. Long

177° 5' 42.2" W (-177.0951°)

Source

IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/

Notes

Additional information (en): Feature description: A roughly circular caldera on Kermadec Ridge, approximately 1340km northeast of North Cape (Otou). History/Origin/Meaning: Named after the RNZN research vessel HMNZS Monowai and in association with the adjacent Monowai Seamount.

Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -25.8; Long: -177.14; minLat: -25.8499; minLong: -177.21518; maxLat: -25.76071; maxLong: -177.09506

Additional information (en): This feature has a roughly circular shape. Minimum depth (m): 620. Maximum depth (m): 1627. Total relief (m): 1007. Dimension/size: 9 km x 8 km.

GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); and New Zealand Hydrographic Office (LINZ). History: 2019.

GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: New Zealand research vessel "Monowai". Year of discovery: 1984. History: Named from the Royal New Zealand Navy research vessel HMNZS "Monowai" that surveyed this feature. The term Monowai is a compound of the Greek 'mono' (lit. 'one') and the Maori 'wai' (lit. 'water').

ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14988298

Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -25.804042; Longitude: -177.150006

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