| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/25096 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name source |
| English | Victoria Fracture Zone | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| English | Vittoria Fracture Zone | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Fracture Zone |
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| Latitude |
5° 0' 2" N (5.00056591°) |
| Longitude |
175° 45' 12.3" E (175.7534162°) |
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| Min. Lat |
2° 0' 0" N (2°) |
| Min. Long |
175° 0' 0" E (175°) |
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| Max. Lat |
8° 0' 0" N (8°) |
| Max. Long |
176° 30' 0" E (176.5°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
(en): Proposer: Dr. Jacqueline Mammerickx, SIO, USA
Discoverer: Larson & Chase
Origin of Name: Vittoria, one of originally five ships of Magellan's fleet, was the only one to complete the 1519-1522 circumnavigation.
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 5; Long: 175.75; minLat: 2; minLong: 175; maxLat: 8; maxLong: 176.5 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCGN-6. Proposer: Jacqueline Mammerickx, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1983. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Roger Larson and Thomas Chase, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of discovery: 1972. History: Named from the ship "Victoria", one of originally five ships of Magellan's fleet, the only one to complete the 1519-1522 circumnav |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 4; Longitude: 176 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155970 |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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