Antipodes Fracture Zone

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Coordinates: 59 ° 44 ′  S , 156 ° 18 ′  W

Relief Map: Antarctica
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Antipodes Fracture Zone​
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The Antipodes Fracture Zone is an undersea transform fault in the South Pacific and Southern Ocean . It extends between 50 and 70 degrees south latitude and between 125 and 176 degrees west longitude.

The designation, recognized by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features since 1997 , was made at the suggestion of the American oceanographer Steven C. Cande of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography . The transform fault is named after the neighboring island of Antipodes Island, which belongs to New Zealand .

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