Surveys of seamounts in the Southern Indian Ocean during the 37th and 38th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition in 1995 and 1996
Surveys of seamounts in the Southern Indian Ocean were carried out during the 37th and 38th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-37 and JARE-38). Previous uncharted seamounts were identified on board the icebreaker SHIRASE. During the JARE-37 cruise in December 1995,the survey was conducted...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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National Institute of Polar Research
1998
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15094/00009029 https://doaj.org/article/9872696b9eba4f4a80c80eb32debc299 |
| Summary: | Surveys of seamounts in the Southern Indian Ocean were carried out during the 37th and 38th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-37 and JARE-38). Previous uncharted seamounts were identified on board the icebreaker SHIRASE. During the JARE-37 cruise in December 1995,the survey was conducted around (57°S, 98°E) and the shallowest depth of a seamount, 983m, was recorded at 56°59.41′S and 98°05.51′E. The height of the seamount above the ocean floor is more than 3400m and its radius is about 20km. During the JARE-38 cruise in December 1996,the survey was conducted around (60°S, 107°E) and two seamounts were found. The shallowest depth of the northern seamount is 1141m and that of the southern seamount is 2024m. These two seamounts form a small seamount chain about 35km long extending in the northeast-southwest direction. |
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