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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26659 |
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Proposed standard  |
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| English | Le Petit Prince Fracture Zone | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Fracture Zone |
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| Latitude |
62° 2' 21.1" S (-62.03918442°) |
| Longitude |
154° 11' 45.8" W (-154.196051°) |
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64° 30' 59.8" S (-64.5166°) |
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162° 50' 49.2" W (-162.847°) |
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59° 39' 53.6" S (-59.6649°) |
| Max. Long |
144° 53' 31.2" W (-144.892°) |
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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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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -62.8333333; Long: -151; minLat: -64.5166; minLong: -162.847; maxLat: -59.6649; maxLong: -144.892 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-24. Proposer: Louis Géli, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER). Year of proposal: 1997. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French research vessel "L'Atalante". Year of discovery: 1996. History: Le Petit Prince is one of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's most famous books. The book, a wonderful travel in a world of poetry, innocence and spirit, is a source of dream for ev |
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Additional information (en): The trace of this fossil fracture zone is visible on a swath profile on crust older than 3 Ma near 62°50'S, 151°00'W. It is a linear valley that used to offset the axis of the Pacific Antarctic Ridge. The fracture zone disappeared 3 Ma ago, after a clockw |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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