Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7146
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCardno Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 14° 58' 41.5" S (-14.97820453°)  
Longitude 20° 11' 58.4" W (-20.19956053°)  
Min. Lat 15° 20' 0" S (-15.3333°)  
Min. Long 27° 52' 0" W (-27.8667°)  
Max. Lat 14° 22' 0" S (-14.3667°)  
Max. Long 12° 34' 0" W (-12.5667°)  
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: SCGN-9. Proposer: Norman Z. Cherkis, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) / Five Oceans Consultants, USA. Year of proposal: 1991.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Ivan Kireev" and three other vessels. Year of discovery: 1988. History: Named after Commander Peter G. N. Cardno, Captain of HMS "Dampier", the ship which discovered Cardno Guyot, a feature close to this Fracture Zone.    
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Part of  South Atlantic 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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