16 DECEMBER 2010

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 173

4279

Rumble III Seamount Seamount
35°44.47'S, 178°29.80'E. Kermadecs. A volcanic seamount on the slope between the northern part of the Raukumara Plain and the southern end of the Havre Trough. Depicted on NZ 22; NZ 23; NZ 223F; NZ 14060; NZ 14061; NZ 14605; Kibblewhite 1966; Kibblewhite 1967; Kibblewhite et al., 1967; Brothers 1967; Smith and Brothers 1988 Wright 1994; Wright 1997; Wright et al., 2002; Kibblewhite & Denham, 1967; van der Linden, 1968 (Three Kings Chart); Terrill & Packham, 1974 (Ch); Wright, 1990 (Havre Trough Chart).

Saint-Exupéry Fracture Zone Fracture Zone
67°00.00'S, 141°00.00'W; 62°15.00'S, 155°25.00'W; 60°40.00'S, 160°00.00'W; 59°00.00'S, 167°00.00'W. Ross Dependency.

Scott Canyon Canyon
71°29.82'S, 179°26.28'E. Ross Dependency. An undersea canyon that lies between the Hallett Ridge to the west and the Iselin Bank to the east. The canyon starts in the Central Basin and trends NNW. Depicted on Vanney et al., 1981.

Scott Seamounts Seamounts
67°30.00'S, 179°54.00'W; 68°00.00'S 179°54.00'W; 69°30.00'S, 178°48.00'W. Ross Dependency. Seamounts named in association with Scott Island. Depicted on SCAR #12910; NZ 14065; NZ 14900.

Scott Shoal Shoal
73°14.00'S, 177°45.00'E. Ross Dependency. Depicted on GEBCO 5.18.

Shackleton Canyon Canyon
75°15.00'S, 166°00.00'W. Ross Dependency. Depicted on GEBCO 5.18.

Solander Trough Trough
49°41.21'S, 165°01.31'E. Puysegur shelf. A trough extending about 500m SSW from Solander Island at the western end of Foveaux Strait. Separates the northern end of the Macquarie Ridge from the shelves around Stewart Island, the Snares, and the Auckland Islands. Increases in depth and in width towards the south and merges into the 400m deep Emerald Basin at its southern end. Depicted on NZ 24; NZ 25; NZ 28; NZ 224F; NZ 14060; NZ 14061; NZ 14065; NZ 14600; NZ 14601; Brodie, 1958a, b; Summerhayes, 1967 (Auckland Is Chart); Summerhayes, 1967 (Auckland Chart); van der Linden & Hayes, 1972 (Resolution Chart); Carter, 1980 (NZ Region Chart); CANZ, 1997 (NZ Region Chart).

South Fiji Basin Basin
26°00.00'S, 176°00.00'E. Depicted on INT 605.

Sulzberger Basin Basin
77°00.00'S, 152°30.00'W. Ross Dependency. An undersea basin on the central Ross shelf named in association with the Sulzberger Bay. Depicted on GEBCO 5.18.

Three Kings Ridge Ridge
31°21.70'S, 172°41.90'E. Northern New Zealand. A N–trending ridge on the western side of the South Fiji Basin, with narrow, steep-sided, crestal region bordered by broad western and eastern flanks. Depicted on NZ 223F; NZ 14060; NZ 14600; NZ 14602; NZ 14605; Carter, 1980 (NZ Region Chart); GEBCO 5.10; Kroenke et al., 1983 (Ch); CANZ 1997, (NZ Region Chart).

Veryan Bank Bank
44°15.00'S, 176°05.00'E. South Chatham Slope. At the western end of the South Chatham Slope, that lies between the Chatham Rise and the Bounty Trough. Centred about 250km ESE of Banks Peninsula. Depicted on GEBCO 5.10; NZ 224F; NZ 14600; Brodie, 1958a, 1964a; Brodie & Pantin, 1960 (South Is Chart); Krause & Cullen, 1970 (Bounty Chart).

West Adare Ridge Ridge
69°42.00'S, 171°30.00'E; 70°50.00'S, 172°30.00'E. Ross Dependency. A ridge in Balleny Basin named in association with Adare Peninsula and Cape Adare. Depicted on GEBCO 5.14.

West Norfolk Ridge Ridge
31°30.00'S, 166°50.00'E; 31°30.00'S, 170°30.00'E; 35°40.00'S, 170°30.00'E; 35°40.00'S, 166°50.00'E. Norfolk Ridge, NW New Zealand. The western crest of the double-crested, southern part of the Norfolk Ridge. Trends in an arc, being N–S at its southern end at the foot of the continental slope off Northland. Named in association with Norfolk Island. Depicted on NZ 21/INT 641; NZ 223F; NZ 14602; van der Linden, 1967; van der Linden, 1968 (Lord Howe Chart); CANZ, 1997 (NZ Region Chart).

Whales Bay Deeps Deeps
77°50.00'S, 170°00.00'W. Ross Dependency.

Wilson Canyon Canyon
70°35.00'S, 176°45.00'E. Ross Dependency. An undersea canyon that lies approx 220km NE of Cape Adare that starts in the Adare Basin and trends north. Named in association with the Wilson Hills. Depicted on SCAR #16107; Davey F. J., 2004. Ross Sea Bathymetry, 1:2,000,000, version 1.0 Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences geophysical map16.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of December 2010.

W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.