Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Subglacial basin

Synonyms

Definition

Subglacial: a term meaning 'beneath the ice'. Basin: a very large depression occupied by sea water, ie. an ocean basin.

Comments

This feature type taken from the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer as at October 2002

Table Name

SUBGLAC_BASIN

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • SUBGLAC_BASIN_PT

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Feature Class

6 - Sea floor - Any submarine feature

The following have been used in the definition of this feature type

  • Witton, John The Penguin Dictionary of Physical Geography, Second Edition, Penguins Books UK, 2000.

None entered in categorising this feature type

Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1150 Q_Info An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record. Mandatory number(5)     Types
1090 SCAR_Gaz_Id Reference number as in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Optional number(10)     Types
1127 SCAR_Name A placename name in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica. These names have been contributed by national gazetteers. Optional character(100)     Types