Southern Ocean - Geology of the Southern Ocean, Landforms of the Southern Ocean, Shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean, Antarctic Circumpola (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Geology of the Southern Ocean, Landforms of the Southern Ocean, Shipwrecks in the Southern Ocean, Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Subantarctic, MY Ady Gil, MS Explorer, Champion of the Seas, Southernmost settlements, Pisagua, Antarctic Intermediate Water, Benguela Current, Drake Passage, Great Australian Bight, Polynya, Schooner Jenny, Pobeda Ice Island, Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey, Somali Current, Census of Antarctic Marine Life, Antarctic Circumpolar Wave, San Telmo, Antarctic Bottom Water, Antarctic Plate, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, Shrieking Sixties, Weddell Gyre, Ross Gyre, JOIDES Basin, South Shetland Trough. Excerpt: The Subantarctic is a region in the southern hemisphere, located immediately north of the Antarctic region. This translates roughly to a latitude of between 46 - 60 south of the Equator. The subantarctic region includes many islands in the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, especially those situated north of the Antarctic Convergence. Subantarctic glaciers are, by definition, located on islands within the subantarctic region. All glaciers located on the continent of Antarctica are by definition considered to be antarctic glaciers. The subantarctic region comprises two geographic zones and three distinct fronts. The northernmost boundary of the subantarctic region is the rather ill-defined Subtropical Front (STF), also referred to as the Subtropical Convergence. To the south of the STF is a geographic zone, the Subantarctic Zone (SAZ). South of the SAZ is the Subantarctic Front (SAF). South of the SAF is another marine zone, called the Polar Frontal Zone (PFZ). The SAZ and the PFZ together form the subantarctic region. The southernmost boundary of the PFZ (and hence, the southern border of the subantarctic region)...