Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7276
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGeelvinck Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 40° 40' 45.3" S (-40.67923858°)  
Longitude 85° 53' 16.9" E (85.88802443°)  
Min. Lat 44° 0' 0" S (-44°)  
Min. Long 82° 0' 0" E (82°)  
Max. Lat 37° 0' 0" S (-37°)  
Max. Long 89° 0' 0" E (89°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-11. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1993.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessels "Argo" and "Horizon". Year of discovery: 1963. History: Named from the "Geelvinck" ("Goldfinch" in Dutch language), Willem de Vlamingh's vessel in 1697-1698, when he visited St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands and the Southwes    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -42; Longitude: 84.666667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 111194    
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Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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