Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7256
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDiscovery II Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 41° 45' 20.7" S (-41.75575794°)  
Longitude 42° 27' 46.6" E (42.46294341°)  
Min. Lat 44° 30' 0" S (-44.5°)  
Min. Long 41° 20' 0" E (41.3333°)  
Max. Lat 39° 0' 0" S (-39°)  
Max. Long 43° 30' 0" E (43.5°)  
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: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1980.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: British research vessel "Discovery II". Year of discovery: 1935. History: Named from the British research vessel "Discovery II" that crossed deep area in 1935-1937 and in 1961.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -41; Longitude: 42.833333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153184    
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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