April 17, 2013
9:39 p.m.
On 04/17/13 13:40, Ian Abbott wrote:
will it eventually end up as Australia/Macquarie
As I understand it the Australian government says Macquarie is in the Southern Ocean, where "Antarctica/" might be more appropriate, whereas the International Hydrographic Organization says Macquarie is in the Pacific, where "Pacific/Macquarie" might be more appropriate, and I suppose "Australia/Macquarie" might also be considered appropriate since Macquarie is on the boundary between the Indo-Australian and the Pacific plates. It is one of those odd boundary cases. I don't think it matters that much. All other things being equal it's better to have just one name, and perhaps we should just stick with the one we've got.