Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7558
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMenard Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 49° 32' 51.7" S (-49.547699°)  
Longitude 114° 1' 37.1" W (-114.02698°)  
Min. Lat 51° 0' 0" S (-51°)  
Min. Long 124° 0' 0" W (-124°)  
Max. Lat 47° 45' 0" S (-47.75°)  
Max. Long 104° 0' 0" W (-104°)  
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): Proposer: Jacqueline Mammerickx, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA. Year of proposal: 1970.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after Henry W. Menard (1920-1986), marine geologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA, pioneer in Pacific Basin exploration.    
Additional information (en): One of four major fracture zones in South Pacific (others are Heezen, Tharp and Udintsev), named for significant marine geologists.    
Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -50; Longitude: -120    
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -154411    
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Part of  South Pacific Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [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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