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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33528
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishVisscher ValleyIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishVisscher Sea-ValleyUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishVisscher Sea ValleyNew Zealand Gazetteer   
PlaceType Valley 
Latitude 40° 1' 7.5" S (-40.01874683°)  
Longitude 171° 50' 53.3" E (171.8481447°)  
Min. Lat 40° 13' 34" S (-40.2261°)  
Min. Long 171° 32' 17.9" E (171.5383°)  
Max. Lat 39° 54' 33.1" S (-39.9092°)  
Max. Long 172° 3' 42.1" E (172.0617°)  
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: -40.06765; Long: 171.8; minLat: -40.2261; minLong: 171.5383; maxLat: -39.9092; maxLong: 172.0617    
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 from Frans Jacobszoon Visscher, chief pilot of Tasman's vessels "Heemskerck" and "Zeehan", 1642-43.    
Additional information (en): Located on the New Zealand continental slope, from 60 km to 120 km off northwestern Nelson land District. References: van der Linden, 1966 ("Egmont" Chart); Baldwin & Lewis, 1991 ("Cook" Chart).    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -39.966667; Longitude: 171.833333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155990    
Relation 
Part of  Tasman Sea (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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