“…However, most studies of the Southern Indian Ocean fronts were carried out during 1980s-1990s (Lutjeharms, 1981;Deacon, 1982;Gambéroni et al, 1982;Edwards and Emery, 1982;Deacon, 1983;Colton and Chase, 1983;Lutjeharms and Valentine, 1984;Belkin, 1989a;Belkin, 1989b;Park et al, 1991;Park et al, 1993;Tomczak and Godfrey, 1994;Orsi et al, 1995;Park and Gambéroni, 1995;Park and Gambéroni, 1997;Rintoul et al, 1997;Neiman et al, 1997;Holliday and Read, 1998;Smythe-Wright et al, 1998;Rintoul and Bullister, 1999;Pakhomov et al, 2000;Pollard and Read, 2001;Park et al, 2001;Rintoul and Sokolov, 2001;Rintoul and Trull, 2001). A comprehensive review of all available meridional hydrographic sections across the fronts located in the region between Greenwich meridian and Tasmania together with published papers, with consideration of the criteria for determination of different fronts, has been made by Belkin and Gordon (1996).…”