Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33555
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishKekerengu BankIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishKekerengÅ« BankNew Zealand Gazetteer   
PlaceType Bank 
Latitude 42° 13' 54.9" S (-42.23192°)  
Longitude 174° 24' 2.3" E (174.40063°)  
Min. Lat 42° 18' 7.9" S (-42.3022°)  
Min. Long 174° 18' 46.1" E (174.3128°)  
Max. Lat 42° 9' 34.9" S (-42.1597°)  
Max. Long 174° 28' 48" E (174.48°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names (2019-05-03), available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-25. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the locality of Kekerengu, due west on the mainland, New Zealand. Kekerengu was named after the son of Tamairangi, a chieftainess of Ngati Ira under the protection of Ngati Toa, when as a handsome young man living at Kapiti desired th    
Additional information (en): A bank on the continental slope, due south of Cape Campbell. References: Mitchell, 1988 ("Campbell" Chart) Baldwin & Lewis, 1991 ("Cook" Chart).    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -42.2317; Long: 174.4022 (update 2021-09-06)    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-06 12:10:47 by Lonneville Britt
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