Balleny Fracture Zone
Coordinates: 62 ° 0 ′ S , 156 ° 0 ′ W
The Balleny Fracture Zone is an undersea transform fault in the Southern Ocean . It lies well ahead of the Antarctic sector known as Ross Dependency and extends as far as the vicinity of the Balleny Islands
The transform fault, recognized by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features since December 1971 , is named after the neighboring Balleny Islands.
Web links
- Balleny Fracture zone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Balleny Fracture Zone on geographic.org (English)
- Balleny Fracture Zone on marineregions.org (English)