| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7573 |
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Proposed standard  |
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| English | Pitman Fracture Zone | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Fracture Zone |
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| Latitude |
65° 21' 16.6" S (-65.35462°) |
| Longitude |
20° 39' 46.1" W (-20.6628°) |
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69° 38' 35.5" S (-69.6432°) |
| Min. Long |
179° 59' 56.4" W (-179.999°) |
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| Max. Lat |
61° 26' 3" S (-61.4342°) |
| Max. Long |
192° 31' 49.4" E (192.5304°) |
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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 |
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-10. Proposer: Steven C. Cande, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA; William F. Haxby, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (L-DGO), USA; and C. Raymond, USA. Year of proposal: 1992. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the American geophysicist Walter C. Pitman III (1931-), a pioneer in the theory of seafloor spreading. |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -64.5; Longitude: -170 |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 11257 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -64.99546 ; Long: -169.87971 ; minLat: -69.6432 ; minLong: -180 ; maxLat: -60.6245 ; maxLong: 179.9999 (update 2020-04-22) |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -65.35619; Long: -167.92843; minLat: -69.6432; minLong: -179.999; maxLat: -61.43416; maxLong: -156.0817 (update 2026-09-29) |
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Last edited on 2026-09-29 09:47:45 by Lonneville Britt
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