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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/35391
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMonowai SpurIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Spur 
Latitude 37° 4' 17.2" S (-37.07145°)  
Longitude 162° 57' 27.8" E (162.95773°)  
Min. Lat 37° 17' 49.9" S (-37.2972°)  
Min. Long 162° 17' 38.4" E (162.294°)  
Max. Lat 36° 40' 16" S (-36.6711°)  
Max. Long 163° 43' 16.5" E (163.7212°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 418671    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-29. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). Year of proposal: 2015.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named from the HMNZS "Monowai", a hydrographic survey vessel acquired by the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1977. The term Monowai is a compound of the Greek 'mono' (lit. 'one') and the Maori 'wai' (lit. 'water').    
Additional information (en): This is a rise on the seafloor that is located adjacent to, and S of, Monowai Valley, approximately 1000 km due W of the North Island of New Zealand. The name first appeared on Oceanic Bathymetry Series (OBS) chart 'Bellona' in 1977.Minimum depth (m): 2000. M    
Coordinate information (en): Coordinates in New Zealand gazetteer: -37.1255, 162.992333    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -37.16667 ; Long: 162.66667 (update 2020-04-22)    
Relation 
Part of  Tasman Sea (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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