Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/56968
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishRoss Sea Drift MC2Kim, 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 73° 12' 12.6" S (-73.203492°)  
Longitude 178° 25' 55.3" E (178.43203°)  
Min. Lat 73° 24' 18" S (-73.405°)  
Min. Long 177° 39' 3.6" E (177.651°)  
Max. Lat 72° 58' 55.2" S (-72.982°)  
Max. Long 179° 16' 12" E (179.27°)  
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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