Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7294
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishFlinders Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 20° 27' 24.8" S (-20.45688026°)  
Longitude 67° 3' 47" E (67.0630484°)  
Min. Lat 21° 53' 0" S (-21.8833°)  
Min. Long 64° 45' 0" E (64.75°)  
Max. Lat 19° 0' 0" S (-19°)  
Max. Long 69° 20' 0" E (69.3333°)  
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-10. Proposer: Robert L. Fisher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1993.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Argo". Year of discovery: 1968. History: Named after Matthews Flinders (1771-1814), explorer of coasts of Australia and Tasmania (1795-1803), who passed near this feature en route from Australia to Isle de France (Mauriti    
Relations 
Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Mauritian 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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