SCUFN27-05.2A

Issues raised by the NZGB Undersea Names Committee, May 2014
 

I.    Names proposed by NZGB for adoption

    List of 26 undersea feature names proposed by NZGB for adoption (.xls)

    Supporting material:

1. Auckland Islands Shelf

2. Bollons Gap

3. Bream Knolls

4. Christable Seamount

5. Cook Channel

6. Courrejolles Slope

7. Foulwind Canyon

8. Hauraki Canyon

9. Kaipara Canyon

10. Kaipara Channel

11. Kapukairo Knoll

12. Koutunui Bank

13. McDougall Trough

14. Moeraki Canyon

15. Papamoa Knoll

16. Purerua Seamount

17. Saunders Canyon

18. Saunders Channel

19. Taieri Canyon

20. Taieri Channel

21. Tuaheni Bank

22. Tuakana Knoll

23. Waioeka Knoll

24. Wairaka Ridge

25. Waitaki Canyon

26. Waitaki Channel
     

 II.    NZGB requests that SCUFN has a further discussion on the protocols and guiding principles on using acronyms and initials. The Board requested this during its consideration of OGS Explora Mounds, which it agreed to assign as Explora Mounds (without the acronym).