| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/49842 |
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| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Waiatoto Sea Channel | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Waiatoto Channel | New Zealand Gazetteer |
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Seachannel |
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| Latitude |
42° 47' 41.8" S (-42.79494°) |
| Longitude |
165° 13' 11.7" E (165.21991°) |
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| Min. Lat |
44° 23' 54.8" S (-44.3986°) |
| Min. Long |
162° 36' 23" E (162.6064°) |
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| Max. Lat |
41° 48' 50.3" S (-41.814°) |
| Max. Long |
167° 20' 0.7" E (167.3335°) |
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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 |
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-27. Proposer: Mark Dyer, New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB); and Adam Greenland, New Zealand Hydrographic Office (LINZ). Year of proposal: 2014. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Various research vessels. Year of discovery: 1960. History: Named in association with the nearby Waiatoto Canyon with which the feature has geomorphological kinship. "Waiatoto" is a Maori word - "wai": water; "a": of; "toto": blood. Formerly, Haast Channel. |
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Additional information (en): This feature is on the outer reaches of the complex beyond Milford Basin to the SW of the South Island of New Zealand. It continues north-westwards after merging with Moeraki Channel complex at around 43°30'S, 166°30'E in 4100 metres of water. The name first appeared on NIWA Miscellaneous chart ¿West Coast Canyons¿ in 2009. Maximum depth (m): 4100. |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -42.79494 ; Long: 165.21991 (update 2020-04-22) |
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Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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