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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63290
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRuatōria Re-entrantIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Valley 
Latitude 37° 53' 32.5" S (-37.89235°)  
Longitude 179° 2' 52.2" E (179.04784°)  
Min. Lat 38° 9' 52.3" S (-38.1645°)  
Min. Long 178° 39' 51.3" E (178.6643°)  
Max. Lat 37° 38' 39.9" S (-37.6444°)  
Max. Long 179° 29' 0.3" E (179.4834°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): Feature description: An undersea re-entrant offshore from East Cape. History/Origin/Meaning: Named in association with Ruatoria on the nearby mainland.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -37.89268; Long: 179.04784; minLat: -38.16453; minLong: 178.66425; maxLat: -37.64441; maxLong: 179.48341 (update 2021-09-02)    
Additional information (en): This name first appeared on Coastal Bathymetry Series (CBS) chart 'East Cape' in 1996. Adopted from NZGB Gazetteer. Minimum depth (m): 140. Maximum depth (m): 3000. Total relief (m): 2860. Dimension/size: 64 km x 50 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). History: 2020.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named in associaiton with Ruatoria (locality) on the adjacent mainland of New Zealand. Ruatoria translates 'as the burial place of the chief, Toria’.    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-02 09:41:40 by Lonneville Britt
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