Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33691
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishIsfjorden 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 77° 40' 2" N (77.66723249°)  
Longitude 9° 27' 56.1" E (9.46557975°)  
Min. Lat 77° 20' 12.1" N (77.3367°)  
Min. Long 8° 24' 58" E (8.4161°)  
Max. Lat 77° 56' 23.6" N (77.9399°)  
Max. Long 10° 40' 55.9" E (10.6822°)  
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  Norwegian part of the Greenland Sea (Svalbard) (Marine Region)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  West 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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