South Sandwich Fracture Zone

Coordinates: 63 ° 0 ′  S , 20 ° 0 ′  W

South Sandwich Fracture Zone​

Antarctic

The South Sandwich Fracture Zone is an undersea transform fault in the Southern Ocean . It runs southeast of the eponymous South Sandwich Islands

The designation has been recognized by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features (ACUF) since June 1987 .

Web links

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