Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7274
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishVlamingh Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 41° 27' 34.5" S (-41.45958156°)  
Longitude 80° 24' 11.1" E (80.40307225°)  
Min. Lat 41° 50' 0" S (-41.8333°)  
Min. Long 79° 52' 0" E (79.8667°)  
Max. Lat 41° 5' 0" S (-41.0833°)  
Max. Long 80° 56' 0" E (80.9333°)  
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-12. Proposer: Daniel Scheirer, Brown University, USA. Year of proposal: 1997.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Melville". Year of discovery: 1996. History: Named after Willem de Vlamingh (1640-1698), Senior Commander of the 1696-1697 Dutch expedition to this area. He was also Captain of "Geelvinck" which name has been given to an     
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -41.466667; Longitude: 80.55    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 343968    
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Part of  Indian 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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