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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49833
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishKaipara Sea ChannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishKaipara ChannelNew Zealand Gazetteer   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 36° 47' 3.5" S (-36.78431°)  
Longitude 173° 10' 46.1" E (173.17947°)  
Min. Lat 36° 53' 11.1" S (-36.8864°)  
Min. Long 172° 54' 53.6" E (172.9149°)  
Max. Lat 36° 44' 3.8" S (-36.7344°)  
Max. Long 173° 27' 31.9" E (173.4589°)  
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 other Kaipara features on the adjacent New Zealand mainland. Lit. "kai": to eat, "para": fern root or a type of fish. Since fern root was a diet staple of Maori, "para" is more likely to refer to a freshwater fish, similar to kokopu.    
Additional information (en): This feature forms a NE-SW trending indentation off the continental shelf, NW of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Tasman Sea. The name first appeared on NZ Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'Kaipara' in 1984. Minimum depth (m): 1000. Maximum depth (m): 1600. Total relief (m): 600. Dimension: 60 km.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -36.8 ; Long: 173.1667 (update 2020-04-22)    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15237108    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -36.784306; Longitude: 173.179472    
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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