Pursuant to sections 26 and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the
New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa ("Board") hereby gives notice of 2 adopted undersea feature names.
These are now official geographic names and are specified in the first column of the Schedule below.
The generic feature type that they relate to is set out in the second column of the Schedule.
The description for each name is set out in the third column of the Schedule.
The Board's final determination on these adopted undersea feature names took effect on 14 November 2013.
Schedule
Adopted Undersea Feature Names (2)
First Column Second Column Third Column
Official Undersea Feature Name Undersea Generic Feature Type Description
Iulia Mud Volcano Mud Volcano 75ø57'10.00?S Latitude, 165ø21'10.00?E Longitude. A mud volcano with a minimum depth of 634m, maximum depth of 710m, and dimension of 2500m x 1500m. Located approximately 40km south-east of Drygalski Ice Tongue, and 90km
north-west of Franklin Island, in the west Ross Sea, Antarctica. Recorded as Vulcano di fango Iulia in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. SCUFN accepted Iulia Mud Volcano in October 2012.
Tergeste Mud Volcano Mud Volcano 75ø56'50.00?S Latitude, 165ø24'58.00?E Longitude. A mud volcano with a minimum depth of 641m, maximum depth of 700m, and dimension of 2000m x 750m. Located approximately 40km south-east of Drygalski Ice Tongue, and 90km north-west of Franklin Island, in the west Ross Sea, Antarctica. Assigning a new name to an undersea feature. Recorded as Vulcano di fango Tergeste in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. SCUFN accepted Tergeste Mud Volcano in October 2012.
Dated at Wellington this 14th day of November 2013.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.