JOIDES Basin

JOIDES Basin is a northeast trending undersea basin of the central Ross continental shelf. It was named for the "Joint Oceanographic Institutes Deep Earth Sampling" project, the name being approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1988.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Basin
  • Description: undersea basin of the central Ross continental shelf
  • Also known as: “Joides Basin”

JOIDES Basin

Latitude
-74.5° or 74° 30′ south
Longitude
174° east
Open location code
2VQPG222+22
Geo­Names ID
4036694
Wiki­data ID
Q15229079
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“JOIDES Basin” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “JOIDES Basin”
  • German: “JOIDES Basin”
  • Swedish: “JOIDES Basin”

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