Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/56967
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRoss Sea Drift MC1Kim, S., De Santis, L., Hong, J. K., Cottlerle, D., Petronio, L., Colizza, E., ... & Wardell, N. (2018). Seismic stratigraphy of the Central Basin in northwestern Ross Sea slope and rise, Antarctica: Clues to the late Cenozoic ice-sheet dynamics and bottom-current activity. Marine Geology, 395, 363-379. (look up in IMIS)   
PlaceType Drift 
Latitude 72° 19' 18" S (-72.321666°)  
Longitude 177° 7' 39.8" E (177.12771°)  
Min. Lat 72° 30' 43.2" S (-72.512°)  
Min. Long 176° 56' 6" E (176.935°)  
Max. Lat 72° 7' 58.8" S (-72.133°)  
Max. Long 177° 19' 58.8" E (177.333°)  
Source Kim, S., De Santis, L., Hong, J. K., Cottlerle, D., Petronio, L., Colizza, E., ... & Wardell, N. (2018). Seismic stratigraphy of the Central Basin in northwestern Ross Sea slope and rise, Antarctica: Clues to the late Cenozoic ice-sheet dynamics and bottom-current activity. Marine Geology, 395, 363-379. (look up in IMIS)
Notes Drift type (en): Multicrested    
Prevailing contourite type (en): sandy-muddy    
Maximum age (en): Mid-Miocene    
Relations 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Influenced by  Ross Sea Bottom Water (Water mass)  [view hierarchy]   
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