the Screaming Sixties
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The Screaming Sixties are the notoriously stormy and wind-lashed latitudes between 60° and 70° south, famed among sailors for their extreme seas and powerful westerly gales in the Southern Ocean.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
latitude band
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nautical term → oceanographic region → |
| follows |
the Furious Fifties
→
the Roaring Forties → |
| hasClimateCharacteristic |
cold oceanic conditions
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frequent storms → high wind speeds → large ocean swell → |
| hasLatitudeRange |
60°S–70°S
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| hasLowerLatitudeBound |
60° south
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| hasMeteorologicalFeature |
deep low-pressure systems
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rapidly changing weather → |
| hasNavigationHazard |
extreme sea states
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frequent gale-force winds → poor visibility during storms → |
| hasPrevailingWindDirection |
westerly
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| hasReputation |
one of the roughest sea regions on Earth
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| hasRiskLevelForSmallVessels |
very high
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| hasSeasonalVariation |
most intense storms often in austral winter
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strong winds present year-round → |
| hasSeaState |
frequent very rough to phenomenal seas
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| hasUpperLatitudeBound |
70° south
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| hasWindPattern |
strong circumpolar westerlies
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| isAssociatedWith |
Southern Ocean circumnavigation routes
→
historic clipper ship routes → |
| isFearedBy |
sailors
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| isInfluencedBy |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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polar low-pressure systems → |
| isKnownFor |
extremely strong westerly winds
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notoriously stormy weather → powerful westerly gales → rough seas → very high ocean waves → |
| isNamedFor |
the howling sound of strong winds
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| isPartOf |
high-latitude Southern Ocean
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| isRelevantTo |
climate studies of the Southern Ocean
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marine meteorology → ocean navigation → |
| isUsedBy |
ocean racers
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round-the-world sailing expeditions → |
| locatedIn |
Southern Hemisphere
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Southern Ocean → |
| sharesPropertyWith |
the Furious Fifties
→
the Roaring Forties → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Drake Passage
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liesWithinLatitudeBand |