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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26656 |
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Proposed standard  |
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| English | L'Astronome Fracture Zone | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Fracture Zone |
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| Latitude |
58° 23' 3.1" S (-58.38418611°) |
| Longitude |
154° 48' 28.6" W (-154.8079405°) |
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63° 21' 41.4" S (-63.3615°) |
| Min. Long |
170° 4' 19.2" W (-170.072°) |
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| Max. Lat |
52° 14' 9.2" S (-52.2359°) |
| Max. Long |
135° 27' 50.4" W (-135.464°) |
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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 |
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -59.583; Long: -150.85; minLat: -63.3615; minLong: -170.072; maxLat: -52.2359; maxLong: -138.464 |
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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: L'Astronome is a character of "Le Petit Prince", one of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's most famous books. The parable with "L'Astronome" expresses the fact that science without |
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Additional information (en): Linear valley offsetting two segments of the Pacific Antarctic Ridge. Average depth near the central point is about 3000 m. |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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