the Screaming Sixties

E50870

latitude band nautical term oceanographic region

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Screaming Sixties	1
the Screaming Sixties canonical	1

Statements (45)

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

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Drake Passage → liesWithinLatitudeBand → the Screaming Sixties ⓘ

Roaring Forties → relatedTo → the Screaming Sixties ⓘ

this entity surface form: Screaming Sixties