Heirtzler Fracture Zone

Coordinates: 63 ° 30 ′  S , 162 ° 30 ′  E

Heirtzler Fracture Zone​

Antarctic

The Heirtzler Fracture Zone (English for Heirtzler Fracture Zone ) is an undersea transform fault in the Southern Ocean north of the Ross Sea .

It was named on the suggestion of three scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory . It is named after the American geophysicist James Ransom Heirtzler (* 1925), a pioneer in the study of ocean floor spreading . The naming of the rift valley was confirmed in March 1993 by the US Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF).

Web links

• Heirtzler Fracture zone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Heirtzler Fracture Zone on geographic.org (English)
• Heirtzler Fracture Zone on marineregions.org (English)