Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7278
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishDiamantina Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
EnglishDiamantina Fault ZoneUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
EnglishDiamentina Fracture ZoneUS BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF)   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 35° 20' 57.5" S (-35.349317°)  
Longitude 103° 54' 48" E (103.913343°)  
Min. Lat 36° 12' 14.2" S (-36.2039°)  
Min. Long 101° 27' 2.2" E (101.4506°)  
Max. Lat 33° 56' 34.7" S (-33.943°)  
Max. Long 106° 37' 37.4" E (106.6271°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes (en): Updated coordinates (GEBCO May 2014) - Previous values (GEBCO October 2002): [Min. Lat: -34°] ; [Min. Long: 101°] ; [Max. Lat: -37°] ; [Max. Long: 115°]    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessels "Vema" and "Argo". Year of discovery: 1960. History: Named from the Australian vessel H.M.A.S "Diamantina".    
Additional information (en): Not a Fracture Zone in customary sense of accepted terminology. This feature marks the break between "Broken Ridge" (actually a Plateau) and the northeast flank of Kerguelen Plateau. Much of this "zone" is represented by "Diamantina Escarpment," a more ap    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -36; Longitude: 105    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -153172    
Relations 
Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (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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