29 AUGUST 2013 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 118 3167

Honeycomb Ridge Ridge
41°45.00'S Latitude, 176°16.00'E Longitude. A ridge that trends north-east south-west, parallel with the coast at the foot of the continental slope, 60km off the Wairarapa coast. Depicted on Palliser Chart©, Mitchell, 1988.

King Bank Bank
33°57.00'S Latitude, 172°17.00'E Longitude. A bank on Northmaria Ridge, north-west of Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands. Shoals to 29.5m. Depicted on Three Kings Chart©, Mitchell & Eade, 1990; NZ 41.

Kiwi Seamount Seamount
31°01.56'S Latitude, 173°38.83'E Longitude. An isolated conical seamount, on the slope between the Three Kings Rise and the South Fiji Basin, 400km north of North Cape. Rises to 1000m from a depth of 2673m and has an area of 182.40km². Depicted on Three Kings Chart©, van der Linden, 1968; NZ 14600; NZ 14061; NZ 14605.

Lee Seamount Seamount
41°06.89'S Latitude, 179°31.89'E Longitude. An isolated conical seamount. Rises to 1750m from a depth of 2932m and has an area of 60.30km². Located east of the lower North Island. Depicted on Cook Chart©, Baldwin & Lewis, 1991.

Madden Basin Basin
40°28.00'S Latitude, 177°03.00'E Longitude. A basin that resembles an amphitheatre, 25km in diameter, incised into the continental shelf and slope between 15km and 40km offshore from southern Hawke’s Bay Land District. Has steep, channelled sides and an almost flat floor at a depth of 1400m, representing an expanded head of the Madden Canyon. Depicted on Turnagain Chart©, Lewis, 1976; Central Hikurangi Chart©, Lewis et al., 1999.

Madden Canyon Canyon
40°30.00'S Latitude, 177°05.00'E Longitude. A canyon that separates the North Madden Bank from the South Madden Bank. Leads from the Madden Basin to the Porangahau Basin. Depicted on Turnagain Chart©, Pantin, 1961; Cook Chart©, van der Linden, 1968; Turnagain Chart©, Lewis, 1976; Cook Chart©, Baldwin & Lewis, 1991.

Mercury Knoll Knoll
36°31.31'S Latitude, 176°30.95'E Longitude. A knoll east of the Mercury Islands, 78km east of Coromandel Peninsula. This is an isolated conical seamount which rises to 906m from a depth of 1250m and has an area of 44.70km². Depicted on Cuvier Chart©, Carter, 1976; Cuvier Chart©, Wright, 1989.

Mernoo Saddle Saddle
43°47.00'S Latitude, 174°25.00'E Longitude. A saddle between the continental shelf off Banks Peninsula and the western end of Chatham Rise. Has an average depth of 500m. Depicted on Mernoo Chart©, Herzer, 1977; Banks Chart©, Herzer, 1977.

Middlesex Bank Bank
33°57.00'S Latitude, 171°45.00'E Longitude. A flat topped bank at depths ranging from 100m to 130m. Located north of the North Island. Depicted on Three Kings Chart©, Mitchell & Eade, 1990; NZ 41.

Molyneux Canyon Canyon
46°31.00'S Latitude, 170°20.00'E Longitude. A canyon that cuts into the outer continental shelf and continental slope between 30km and 130km off the Clutha River / Matau, Otago. Descends to join the south part of Bounty Channel at a depth of about 1500m. Depicted on Otago Chart©, Carter, 1986; Nuggets Chart©, Hughes, 1987.

Molyneux Channel Channel
46°51.00'S Latitude, 170°40.00'E Longitude. A channel that trends west-east, south south-east of Molyneux Canyon further offshore from the continental shelf. Has a floor depth of 1100m. Depicted on Otago Chart©, Carter, 1986.

North Madden Bank Bank
40°21.00'S Latitude, 177°12.00'E Longitude. A north north-east south south-west trending bank separated from the South Madden Bank by the 1500m deep Madden Canyon and from the continental slope by a 600m deep saddle. Shoals to a minimum recorded depth of 180m. Depicted on Turnagain Chart©, Pantin, 1961; Turnagain Chart©, Lewis, 1976; Turnagain Chart©, Garlick & Mitchell, 2002; NZ 23; NZ 26; NZ 57.

South Maria Ridge Ridge
34°06.00'S Latitude; 171°50.00'E Longitude. A ridge that is the southern component of the Maria Ridge. It is north-west trending offshore from New Zealand on the continental shelf. Depicted on Three Kings Chart©, van der Linden, 1968; Three Kings Chart©, Mitchell & Eade, 1990; NZ 21; NZ 23; NZ 41.

Three Kings Trough Trough
33°50.00'S Latitude; 171°45.00'E Longitude. An enclosed basin between the two crests of the Maria Ridge. Extends from 5km to 70km north-west from Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands. Axis increases in depth from 800m at its south-east end to 2500m deep at its north-west end. Depicted on Three Kings Chart©, van der Linden, 1968; Three Kings Shelf Chart©, Eade, 1988; Three Kings Chart©, Mitchell & Eade, 1990; NZ 41.

Urry Knolls Knolls
44°36.00'S Latitude, 174°13.00'E Longitude. A group of knolls on the continental slope south-east of Banks Peninsula. Rising from depths of 900m to crests of 500m–800m. Depicted on Banks Chart©, Herzer, 1977; NZ 25; NZ 27; NZ 224; NZ 14600; NZ 14601.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of August 2013.

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