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Pitman fracture zone

Coordinates: 64°30′S 170°0′W / 64.500°S 170.000°W / -64.500; -170.000
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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. Name proposed by Drs. Cande, Haxby and Raymond, Lamont–Doherty Geological Observatory (now Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory); name approved 3/93 (ACUF 256).

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64°30′S 170°0′W / 64.500°S 170.000°W / -64.500; -170.000