Hero Fracture Zone

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 61 ° 30 ′  S , 66 ° 0 ′  W

Relief Map: Antarctica
marker
Hero Fracture Zone​
Magnify-clip.png
Antarctic

The Hero Fracture Zone (English for Hero Fracture Zone is) an undersea transform fault in the Southern Ocean . It runs in the middle of the Drake Strait between the southern tip of South America and the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands .

The designation was made in the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans and has been confirmed by the US Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF) since June 1987 . It is named after the Sloop Hero , with which Nathaniel Palmer visited the South Shetland Islands between 1820 and 1821.

Web links