MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7558 |
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Name source |
English | Menard Fracture Zone | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Fracture Zone |
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Latitude |
49° 32' 51.7" S (-49.547699°) |
Longitude |
114° 1' 37.1" W (-114.02698°) |
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Min. Lat |
51° 0' 0" S (-51°) |
Min. Long |
124° 0' 0" W (-124°) |
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Max. Lat |
47° 45' 0" S (-47.75°) |
Max. Long |
104° 0' 0" W (-104°) |
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Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Notes |
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Jacqueline Mammerickx, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1970. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Henry W. Menard (1920-1986), marine geologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA, pioneer in Pacific Basin exploration. |
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Additional information (en): One of four major fracture zones in South Pacific (others are Heezen, Tharp and Udintsev), named for significant marine geologists. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -50; Longitude: -120 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154411 |
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Edit history |
Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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