Balleny Fracture Zone () is a
fracture zone in the
Southern Ocean that extends south towards the
Balleny Islands
The Balleny Islands () are a series of uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean extending from 66°15' to 67°35'S and 162°30' to 165°00'E. The group extends for about in a northwest-southeast direction. The islands are heavily glaciated an ...
. The name was approved by the
Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in December 1971.
References
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Geology of the Southern Ocean
Fracture zones
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