Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/30389
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishM-DriftNiemi, T. M., et al. (2000). Post-Eocene seismic stratigraphy of the deep ocean basin adjacent to the southeast African continental margin: a record of geostrophic bottom current systems. Marine Geology 162: 237-258. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 34° 21' 59.7" S (-34.36659236°)  
Longitude 29° 36' 21.3" E (29.60591004°)  
Min. Lat 34° 51' 25.8" S (-34.8572°)  
Min. Long 28° 11' 36" E (28.1933°)  
Max. Lat 33° 51' 2.9" S (-33.8508°)  
Max. Long 30° 59' 38.3" E (30.994°)  
Source Niemi, T. M., et al. (2000). Post-Eocene seismic stratigraphy of the deep ocean basin adjacent to the southeast African continental margin: a record of geostrophic bottom current systems. Marine Geology 162: 237-258. (look up in IMIS)
Notes Maximum age (en): Middle Miocene    
Coordinate information (en): Coordinates redefined in 2014. These coordinates represent the centroid and the bounding box of the polygon from the shapefile.    
Relations 
Part of  South African part of the Indian Ocean (Marine Region)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  North Atlantic Deep Water (Water mass)  [view hierarchy]   
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