Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7056
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishLapérouse Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishLa Pérouse Fracture ZoneUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 25° 0' 0" S (-25°)  
Longitude 170° 0' 0" W (-170°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Jacqueline Mammerickx, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1992.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, the French explorer (1741-1788) who sailed in this area.    
Additional information (en): Shown as La Pérouse Fracture Zone in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 18785    
Relation 
Part of  South Pacific 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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