Bathymetric data of Long and Tryne Fjords at Vestfold Hills, Antarctica, collected in December 1999

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; oceans; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL; ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; SEA ICE; SNOW DEPTH; SNOW/ICE; WATER CHANNELS; TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE; SURFACE WATER; ESTUARY; DAY; DEPTH; ICE; FREEBOARD; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; SNOW; WEIGHPOINT; STEEL MEASURING TAPE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD SURVEYS; CEOS; AMD/AU; AMD; ACE/CRC; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; ANTARCTICA > Long Fjord; Tryne Fjord; Vestfold Hills; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Breid Basin; Parry; Prydz Bay; Shirokaya Bay; Snezhnyy; Snezhnyy Bay; The Antarctic; Vestfold; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/bathymetric-long-tryne-december-1999/687228; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/VH_bathy_99; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/1261/download; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=VH_bathy_99

Depth measurements were made by 10kg, 3cm diameter x 50 cm long cylindrical weight on thin static rope. The effect of current on the rope appeared to be minimal. In places the bottom was muddy and the weight may have sunk into the substrate giving measurements a possible error of +/- 50 cm. This dat...