Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7455
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishClipperton Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 7° 20' 30.9" N (7.34191473°)  
Longitude 128° 41' 19.5" W (-128.68875652°)  
Min. Lat 3° 0' 0" N (3°)  
Min. Long 150° 0' 0" W (-150°)  
Max. Lat 10° 0' 0" N (10°)  
Max. Long 107° 0' 0" W (-107°)  
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): [Max. Long: -114°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Proposer: Henry W. Menard, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1954.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessels "Horizon" and "Spencer F. Baird". History: Named from Clipperton Atoll, a French isolated islet near 10°00'N, 109°00'W.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 10; Longitude: -115    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152967    
Relations 
Part of  North Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  French Exclusive Economic Zone (Clipperton Island) (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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