Vinogradov Fracture Zone

Vinogradov Fracture Zone (60°56′S 29°12′W / 60.933°S 29.200°W / -60.933; -29.200Coordinates: 60°56′S 29°12′W / 60.933°S 29.200°W / -60.933; -29.200) is an Antarctic undersea fracture zone named for Alexandr Vinogradov, a Russian scientist/geochemist and first Director of the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry (VIG). The name was proposed by Dr. Galina Agapova of the Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and was approved in September 1997 (ACUF 272).

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Vinogradov Fracture Zone" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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