Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7280
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNieuw Amsterdam Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 38° 10' 32.5" S (-38.17570615°)  
Longitude 76° 37' 37.5" E (76.62708605°)  
Min. Lat 41° 0' 0" S (-41°)  
Min. Long 73° 30' 0" E (73.5°)  
Max. Lat 35° 40' 0" S (-35.6667°)  
Max. Long 80° 0' 0" E (80°)  
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-11. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1993.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Supply expeditions. Year of discovery: 1980. History: In 1633, Antonio Van Diemen visited the region. He named the northern island after his vessel "Nieuw Amsterdam". This fracture zone passes close to the island (today called "Amsterdam", Fre    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -37; Longitude: 77.833333    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 111144    
Relations 
Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  French Exclusive Economic Zone (Amsterdam and Saint Paul 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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