Pitman Fracture Zone
Pitman fracture zone is an undersea fracture zone named for Dr. Walter C. Pitman III, a geophysicist and pioneer in studies of continental drift and seafloor spreading.- Fracture zone
- Description: undersea fracture zone in the Southern Ocean
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.5° or 64° 30′ south
Longitude
-170° or 170° west
Open location code
327GG222+22
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pitman Fracture Zone” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pitman Fracture Zone”
- German: “Pitman Fracture Zone”
- Japanese: “ピットマン断裂帯”
- Swedish: “Pitman Fracture Zone”
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