Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7254
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishPrince Edward Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 44° 45' 18.1" S (-44.75503271°)  
Longitude 35° 32' 50.9" E (35.54746046°)  
Min. Lat 47° 30' 0" S (-47.5°)  
Min. Long 34° 30' 0" E (34.5°)  
Max. Lat 42° 0' 0" S (-42°)  
Max. Long 36° 30' 0" E (36.5°)  
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): Proposer: Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen, Columbia University, USA. Year of proposal: 1964.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: South African re-supply vessels. Year of discovery: 1955. History: Named from the nearby small volcanic island of Prince Edward. This name appeared on Heezen-Tharp province chart "Indian Ocean physiographic diagram".    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -46; Longitude: 35    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155057    
Relations 
Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  South African Exclusive Economic Zone (Prince Edward Islands) (EEZ)  [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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