Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49857
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishWairaka RidgeIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Ridge 
Latitude 36° 59' 42.3" S (-36.99509°)  
Longitude 177° 30' 43.7" E (177.51213°)  
Min. Lat 37° 6' 7.2" S (-37.102°)  
Min. Long 177° 26' 31.1" E (177.442°)  
Max. Lat 36° 52' 26.3" S (-36.874°)  
Max. Long 177° 34' 14.6" E (177.5707°)  
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: 2014.     
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.    
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.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -36.99509 ; Long: 177.51214 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237340    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -36.995083; Longitude: 177.512139    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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