Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7361
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishSouth New Hebrides TrenchIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
FrenchFossé des Nouvelles-HébridesUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishNew Hebrides TrenchUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Trench 
Latitude 21° 25' 5" S (-21.418047°)  
Longitude 170° 3' 50.4" E (170.064013°)  
Min. Lat 23° 7' 59.9" S (-23.1333°)  
Min. Long 167° 19' 59.9" E (167.3333°)  
Max. Lat 17° 45' 0" S (-17.75°)  
Max. Long 174° 10' 0.1" E (174.1667°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Max. Lat: 22.75°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA; and Harry H. Hess, Princeton University, USA. Year of proposal: 1962.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from its geographical position, on the south of New Hebrides (now, Vanuatu).    
Additional information (en): Delineated in 1962 by U.S. research vessel "Spencer F. Baird", Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), Proa Expedition. Shown as New Hebrides Trench in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -22.5; Longitude: 170    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154652    
Relations 
Part of  Coral Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Vanuatuan Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  French Exclusive Economic Zone (New Caledonia) (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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