Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33690
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishBellsund DriftM. Rebesco, A. Wåhlin, J.S. Laberg, A. Schauer, A. Brezcynska-Möller, R.G. Lucchi, R. Noormets, D. Accettella, Y. Zarayskaya, P. Diviacco (2013). Quaternary contourite drifts of the Western Spitsbergen margin. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 79 (2013), pp. 156–168 (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 76° 43' 28.2" N (76.72449455°)  
Longitude 11° 50' 49.7" E (11.84714197°)  
Min. Lat 76° 29' 20.4" N (76.489°)  
Min. Long 10° 53' 22.6" E (10.8896°)  
Max. Lat 76° 57' 47.9" N (76.9633°)  
Max. Long 12° 48' 5.4" E (12.8015°)  
Source M. Rebesco, A. Wåhlin, J.S. Laberg, A. Schauer, A. Brezcynska-Möller, R.G. Lucchi, R. Noormets, D. Accettella, Y. Zarayskaya, P. Diviacco (2013). Quaternary contourite drifts of the Western Spitsbergen margin. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 79 (2013), pp. 156–168 (look up in IMIS)
Notes Maximum age (en): Early Pleistocene    
Drift type (en): Mounded    
Prevailing contourite type (en): Muddy    
Relations 
Part of  Svalbard part of the Greenland Sea (Marine Region)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  Spitsbergen Current (Current)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2014-08-06 13:50:51 by Velleman Jules
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