Table T1. Leg 183 drill sites, locations, water depths, subseafloor penetration, recovery, and age.
 
Site Location Coordinates Water depth
(m)
Sediment penetration
(m)
Sediment recovery
(m)
Basement penetration
(m)
Basement recovery
(m)
Total penetration (m) Age*
(Ma)
1135 Southern Kerguelen Plateau 59°42.0´S 84°16.4´E 1566.6 526.0 208.7 0 0 526.0 NA
1136 Southern Kerguelen Plateau 59°39.1´S 84°50.1´E 1930.6 128.1 54.2 33.3 18.4 161.4 105
1137 Elan Bank 56°50.0´S 68°05.6´E 1004.5 219.5 113.9 151.7 105.5 371.2 74
1138 Central Kerguelen Plateau 53°33.1´S 75°58.5´E 1141.4 698.2 343.0 144.5 69.0 842.7 94
1139 Skiff Bank 50°11.1´S 63°56.2´E 1415.3 461.7 269.6 232.5 87.3 694.2 33
1140 Northern Kerguelen Plateau 46°15.6´S 68°29.5´E 2394.1 234.0 95.8 87.9 49.1 321.9 35
1141 Broken Ridge 32°13.6´S 97°07.7´E 1196.9 113.5 57.7 71.2 39.1 185.6 NA
1142 Broken Ridge 32°13.9´S 97°07.5´E 1200.8 91.0 No coring 50.9 17.3 141.9 NA

Notes: * = minimum age of basement is oldest biostratigraphic age in overlying sediment. NA = not available.