Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7838
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishMolloy Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 78° 56' 23.2" N (78.93979062°)  
Longitude 3° 53' 21.8" E (3.8893812°)  
Min. Lat 78° 30' 0" N (78.5°)  
Min. Long 0° 0' 0" E (0°)  
Max. Lat 79° 20' 0" N (79.3333°)  
Max. Long 7° 30' 0" E (7.5°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 78.93979062; Long: 3.889381204; minLat: 78.5; minLong: 0; maxLat: 79.33333333; maxLong: 7.5    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-16. Proposer: Martin Klenke, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany. Year of proposal: 2003.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. oceanographic research vessel "Hayes". Year of discovery: 1972. History: Named after Arthur E. Molloy, U.S. Navy research scientist who worked in the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans, 1950-1970s.    
Additional information (en): Linear escarpment with irregular topography.    
Relations 
Part of  Greenland Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Norwegian 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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