Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7308
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishOwen Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 11° 0' 30" N (11.00833946°)  
Longitude 57° 13' 33.4" E (57.22594905°)  
Min. Lat 3° 20' 0" N (3.3333°)  
Min. Long 52° 0' 0" E (52°)  
Max. Lat 19° 40' 0" N (19.6667°)  
Max. Long 60° 45' 0" E (60.75°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 10; Long: 56.83333333; minLat: 3.333333333; minLong: 52; maxLat: 19.66666667; maxLong: 60.75    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Drummond H. Matthews, King's College, Cambridge, UK. Year of proposal: 1963.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: British vessel HMS "Owen". Year of discovery: 1960. History: Named from the British ship HMS "Owen" that conducted extensive exploration in the northwest Indian Ocean.    
Additional information (en): Named by U.K. scientists during the International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE), 1960-1965. This feature includes Chain Ridge but not Murray Ridge.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 12; Longitude: 58    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154843    
Relations 
Part of  Indian Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Omani Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Partly part of  Yemeni 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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