| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63287 |
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Proposed standard  |
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Name source |
| English | Taranaki Terrace | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Egmont Terrace | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Terrace |
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| Latitude |
39° 39' 30.7" S (-39.65853°) |
| Longitude |
172° 12' 13" E (172.20361°) |
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40° 6' 55.2" S (-40.1153°) |
| Min. Long |
171° 47' 8.4" E (171.7857°) |
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| Max. Lat |
39° 15' 57.6" S (-39.266°) |
| Max. Long |
172° 33' 28.9" E (172.558°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Additional information (en): Feature description: A nearly flat terrace approximately 150km west-southwest of Cape Egmont. History/Origin/Meaning: NA |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153274 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Previous coordinates: Lat: -39.65946; Long: 172.20365; minLat: -40.1153; minLong: 171.7857; maxLat: -39.266; maxLong: 172.558 (update 2021-09-06) |
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Additional information (en): Adopted from NZGB Gazetteer. This nearly flat feature is located approximately 110 km offshore from the central W coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The name first appeared as Egmont Terrace on Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'Egmont' in 1966; subsequently altered to Taranaki Terrace to restore the original Maori name of the associated land feature. Minimum depth (m): 220. Maximum depth (m): 300. Total relief (m): 80. Dimension/size: 90 km x 65 km. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). History: 2019. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in association with Mount Taranaki on the adjacent mainland of New Zealand's North Island. |
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Last edited on 2021-09-06 09:21:07 by Lonneville Britt
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