Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30305
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDrift 1Hernandez-Molina, F. J., et al. (2006). Miocene reversal of bottom water flow along the Pacific Margin of the Antarctic Peninsula: Stratigraphic evidence from a contourite sedimentary tail. Marine Geology 228(1-4): 93-116. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 62° 54' 25.9" S (-62.90719215°)  
Longitude 66° 4' 9.3" W (-66.06925023°)  
Min. Lat 63° 29' 33.4" S (-63.4926°)  
Min. Long 67° 28' 5.1" W (-67.4681°)  
Max. Lat 62° 24' 5.9" S (-62.4016°)  
Max. Long 64° 50' 50.9" W (-64.8475°)  
Source Hernandez-Molina, F. J., et al. (2006). Miocene reversal of bottom water flow along the Pacific Margin of the Antarctic Peninsula: Stratigraphic evidence from a contourite sedimentary tail. Marine Geology 228(1-4): 93-116. (look up in IMIS)
Notes Maximum age (en): Miocene    
Coordinate information (en): Coordinates redefined in 2014. These coordinates represent the centroid and the bounding box of the polygon from the shapefile.    
Drift type (en): Elongate mounded and detached Drift    
Mean contourite type (en): Glacial    
Relations 
Part of  Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline part of the Southern Ocean (Marine Region)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  Antarctic Circumpolar Current (Current)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2014-07-22 10:07:15 by Velleman Jules
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