Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49859
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishWaitaki Sea ChannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishWaitaki ChannelNew Zealand Gazetteer   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 45° 29' 54.5" S (-45.49848°)  
Longitude 171° 56' 3" E (171.93416°)  
Min. Lat 45° 37' 44" S (-45.6289°)  
Min. Long 171° 36' 48.1" E (171.6134°)  
Max. Lat 45° 15' 42" S (-45.2617°)  
Max. Long 172° 17' 44.7" E (172.2958°)  
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 Waitaki River on the adjacent New Zealand mainland. Lit. "wai": river, "taki" (tangi): noisy or weeping.    
Additional information (en): This feature is the N tributary flowing S into North Bounty Sea Channel, on the outer continental slope, SW of Banks Peninsula and offshore from the E coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The name first appeared on NZ Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'Oamaru' in 1981. Minimum depth (m): 1000. Maximum depth (m): 1750. Total relief (m): 750. Dimension: 70 km.    
Coordinate information (en): Coordinates in New Zealand gazetteer: -45.49, 171.92    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -45.49848 ; Long: 171.93416 (update 2020-04-22)    
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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