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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64395
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishTūranganui ValleyIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Valley 
Latitude 38° 42' 12.4" S (-38.70345°)  
Longitude 178° 45' 49.8" E (178.76382°)  
Min. Lat 38° 42' 57.8" S (-38.7161°)  
Min. Long 178° 42' 42.2" E (178.7117°)  
Max. Lat 38° 41' 29.9" S (-38.6916°)  
Max. Long 178° 48' 56.7" E (178.8157°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This is a large feature trending W-E offshore from Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Adopted from the NZGB Gazetteer. Minimum depth (m): 1100. Maximum depth (m): 1970. Total relief (m): 870. Dimension/size: 9.5 km long.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Turanganui is an indigenous Maori word meaning literally 'great standing'. It is a shortened version of the Maori name (Turanganui-a-Kiwa) for the area of the associated land feature, Gisborne, New Zealand.    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2023-07-26 16:22:28 by Lonneville Britt
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