Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7257
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishEric Simpson Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishSimpson Fracture ZoneUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 43° 30' 5.3" S (-43.5014797°)  
Longitude 39° 18' 18.3" E (39.30507956°)  
Min. Lat 45° 0' 0" S (-45°)  
Min. Long 38° 45' 0" E (38.75°)  
Max. Lat 42° 0' 0" S (-42°)  
Max. Long 39° 50' 0" E (39.8333°)  
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-6. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1985.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1984. History: Named after Eric S. W. Simpson (1924-1983), South Africa's premier marine geologist, organizer-director of University of Cape Town's oceanography program, international represe    
Additional information (en): Shown as Simpson Fracture Zone in the ACUF Gazetteer.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -43.5; Longitude: 39.25    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155501    
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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