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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57130
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTe Punga HillIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Hill(s) 
Latitude 36° 56' 29.4" S (-36.9415°)  
Longitude 170° 40' 17.4" E (170.6715°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: New Zealand research vessel "Rapuhia". Year of discovery: 1988. History: Te Punga is the Tainui iwi¿s (lit. tribal) M¿ori name for the Southern Cross constellation.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: Mark Dyer, New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); and Adam Greenland, New Zealand Hydrographic Office (LINZ). History: 2017.    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated shape. Also known as Telecom Knoll. Minimum depth (m): 1500. Maximum depth (m): 1900. Total relief (m): 400. Dimension: 5 km x 7 km    
Relation 
Part of  Tasman Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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