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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33519
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPegasus CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 43° 6' 26.5" S (-43.10734887°)  
Longitude 173° 48' 7.6" E (173.8021213°)  
Min. Lat 43° 31' 14.9" S (-43.5208°)  
Min. Long 173° 27' 33.1" E (173.4592°)  
Max. Lat 42° 39' 2.2" S (-42.6506°)  
Max. Long 174° 3' 11.2" E (174.0531°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Coordinates calculated from feature     
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -43.0857; Long: 173.75615; minLat: -43.5208; minLong: 173.4592; maxLat: -42.6506; maxLong: 174.0531    
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 nearby Pegasus Bay, New Zealand, that is at the head of the canyon.    
Additional information (en): A major canyon incised into the outer continental shelf and upper continental slope off northern Canterbury. Extends from 40 km northeast of Banks Peninsula, north- eastward to the southern end of the Hikurangi Trough, almost parallel with the northern Ca    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -43.25; Longitude: 173.666667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154921    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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