Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/7869
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishKurchatov Fracture ZoneIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Fracture Zone 
Latitude 40° 39' 25.3" N (40.65703°)  
Longitude 29° 30' 28.8" W (-29.507992°)  
Min. Lat 40° 31' 0" N (40.5167°)  
Min. Long 30° 27' 0" W (-30.45°)  
Max. Lat 40° 52' 0" N (40.8667°)  
Max. Long 28° 32' 0" W (-28.5333°)  
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: 40.4167°] ; [Min. Long: -27.5°] ; [Max. Lat: 40.8333°] ; [Max. Long: -31.5°]    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Gleb B. Udintsev, Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS). Year of proposal: 1970.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Russian research vessel "Akademik Kurchatov". Year of discovery: 1969. History: Named after the Russian Academician Igor V. Kurchatov (1902-1960), physicist and prominent figure in atomic theory and technology in Russia. He was Director of the    
Relations 
Part of  North Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (Azores) (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
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