Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63062
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCharcot Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 0° 1' 50.2" N (0.0306°)  
Longitude 2° 52' 30.6" W (-2.87518°)  
Min. Lat 2° 7' 59.1" S (-2.1331°)  
Min. Long 10° 36' 16.4" W (-10.6046°)  
Max. Lat 3° 35' 23.2" N (3.5898°)  
Max. Long 4° 8' 35.8" E (4.1433°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): Adopted from DHN. This feature is a scarp-like W-E trending rectilinear in the Gulf of Guinea. Dimension/size: 1 800 km long.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): "Associated meeting: SCUFN-32. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN)    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Brazil. History: 2019.","Discoverer: French research vessel ""Jean Charcot"". History: Named from the French research vessel ""Jean Charcot"" that discovered this feature. The ship was named for Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist."    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 14961963    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 0.030594; Longitude: -2.875175    
Relations 
Partly part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Gulf of Guinea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-07-06 17:20:04 by Lonneville Britt
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