Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30350
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDrift 4Lucchi, R. G. and M. Rebesco (2007). Glacial contourites on the Antarctic Peninsula margin: insight for palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic conditions. Economic and Palaeoceanographic Importance of Contourite Deposits. A. R. Viana and M. Rebesco. London, Geological Society. 276: 111-127. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 64° 30' 23.6" S (-64.5065584°)  
Longitude 70° 15' 4.5" W (-70.25126061°)  
Min. Lat 65° 2' 0.5" S (-65.0335°)  
Min. Long 71° 42' 29.8" W (-71.7083°)  
Max. Lat 63° 57' 13.5" S (-63.9537°)  
Max. Long 68° 53' 47.3" W (-68.8965°)  
Source Lucchi, R. G. and M. Rebesco (2007). Glacial contourites on the Antarctic Peninsula margin: insight for palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic conditions. Economic and Palaeoceanographic Importance of Contourite Deposits. A. R. Viana and M. Rebesco. London, Geological Society. 276: 111-127. (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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