Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7305
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishVityaz Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 5° 0' 41.8" S (-5.01161183°)  
Longitude 68° 23' 33.6" E (68.39267674°)  
Min. Lat 8° 0' 0" S (-8°)  
Min. Long 64° 30' 0" E (64.5°)  
Max. Lat 2° 0' 0" S (-2°)  
Max. Long 72° 15' 0" E (72.25°)  
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: -8°] ; [Min. Long: 65.4167°] ; [Max. Lat: -5.3833°] ; [Max. Long: 68.6667°]    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -6.15; Long: 68; minLat: -8; minLong: 65.5; maxLat: -2; maxLong: 72.5    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-13. Proposer: V. F. Kanaev, Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS). Year of proposal: 1959.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Vityaz". Year of discovery: 1959. History: Named from the Russian research vessel "Vityaz" that explored this feature.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -5.383333; Longitude: 68.666667    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -155994    
Relations 
Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Maldivian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone (Chagos Archipelago) (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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