Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26684
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSaint-Exupéry Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 62° 4' 13.5" S (-62.0704051°)  
Longitude 156° 4' 19.5" W (-156.0720902°)  
Min. Lat 64° 1' 29.6" S (-64.0249°)  
Min. Long 162° 26' 38.4" W (-162.444°)  
Max. Lat 60° 3' 25.9" S (-60.0572°)  
Max. Long 149° 10' 37.2" W (-149.177°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -62.25; Long: -155.417; minLat: -64.0249; minLong: -162.444; maxLat: -60.0572; maxLong: -149.177    
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.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: French research vessel "L'Atalante". Year of discovery: 1996. History: Named after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), French writer and aviator. His life was a permanent search for the human soul and his writings, mostly related to his expe    
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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Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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