diff --git a/Tests/short_tests.json b/Tests/short_tests.json
index e0552b964bf8056316b7471cf81a7dba4358b3e1..bbb442a7966d946ecd551bdeed0382814f923a9e 100644
--- a/Tests/short_tests.json
+++ b/Tests/short_tests.json
@@ -73,17 +73,16 @@
     },
     {
 	"args" : ["$compil_prod_dir/test_max_speed_contour_ssh",
-		  "$large_input_dir/h_2006_01_01.nc",
-		  "$large_input_dir/uv_2006_01_01.nc"],
+		  "$input_dir/h_region_1.nc", "$input_dir/uv_region_1.nc"],
 	"title" : "Max_speed_contour_ssh",
 	"input" : "&main_nml /\n"
     },
     {
 	"args" : ["$compil_prod_dir/test_max_speed_contour_ssh",
-		  "$large_input_dir/h_2006_01_01.nc",
-		  "$large_input_dir/uv_2006_01_01.nc"],
+		  "$input_dir/h_region_1.nc", "$input_dir/uv_region_1.nc"],
 	"title" : "Max_speed_contour_ssh_north",
-	"stdin_filename" : "$input_dir/max_speed_contour_ssh_nml.txt"
+	"stdin_filename" : "$input_dir/max_speed_contour_ssh_nml.txt",
+	"description": "direction = 2"
     },
     {
 	"args" : "$compil_prod_dir/test_mean_speed",
diff --git a/Tests/test_max_speed_contour_ssh.f b/Tests/test_max_speed_contour_ssh.f
index 90f91304a1589eb5c5b6732194ab465a659be772..1192b0707d90c789e34c2d35b37a3fbfe6342afe 100644
--- a/Tests/test_max_speed_contour_ssh.f
+++ b/Tests/test_max_speed_contour_ssh.f
@@ -5,29 +5,27 @@ program test_max_speed_contour_ssh
   ! Libraries:
   use jumble, only: get_command_arg_dyn
   use netcdf, only: nf90_nowrite
-  use netcdf95, only: nf95_open, nf95_close, nf95_inq_varid, nf95_get_var
+  use netcdf95, only: nf95_open, nf95_close, nf95_inq_varid, nf95_get_var, &
+       nf95_gw_var
   use nr_util, only: assert
 
   use max_speed_contour_ssh_m, only: max_speed_contour_ssh
 
   implicit none
 
-  integer:: ilon_llc = 21, ilat_llc = 215 ! lower left corner
-  integer:: ilon_urc = 49, ilat_urc = 231 ! upper right corner
   integer n_lon, n_lat
 
   character(len = :), allocatable:: adt_file, velocity_file
   integer ncid, varid
-  real, allocatable:: ssh(:, :) ! (n_lon, n_lat) sea-surface height, in m
+  real, allocatable:: ssh(:, :, :) ! (n_lon, n_lat, 1) sea-surface height, in m
   real, allocatable:: u(:, :), v(:, :) ! (n_lon, n_lat) wind, in m s-1
 
   integer:: ind_extr(2) = [19, 11]
-  ! indices in the two dimensions of the extremum, relative to lower
-  ! left corner
+  ! indices in the two dimensions of the extremum
   
   integer:: radius = 3
 
-  namelist /main_nml/ ilon_llc, ilat_llc, ilon_urc, ilat_urc, ind_extr, radius
+  namelist /main_nml/ ind_extr, radius
 
   !----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -41,31 +39,29 @@ program test_max_speed_contour_ssh
   read(unit = *, nml = main_nml)
   write(unit = *, nml = main_nml)
   
-  n_lon = ilon_urc - ilon_llc + 1
-  n_lat = ilat_urc - ilat_llc + 1
-  allocate(ssh(n_lon, n_lat))
 
   print *, "Reading from ", adt_file, "..."
   call nf95_open(adt_file, nf90_nowrite, ncid)
-
   call nf95_inq_varid(ncid, "adt", varid)
-  call nf95_get_var(ncid, varid, ssh, start = [ilon_llc, ilat_llc, 1])
-
+  call nf95_gw_var(ncid, varid, ssh)
   call nf95_close(ncid)
 
+  n_lon = size(ssh, 1)
+  n_lat = size(ssh, 2)
   allocate(u(n_lon, n_lat), v(n_lon, n_lat))
 
   print *, "Reading from ", velocity_file, "..."
   call nf95_open(velocity_file, nf90_nowrite, ncid)
 
   call nf95_inq_varid(ncid, "u", varid)
-  call nf95_get_var(ncid, varid, u, start = [ilon_llc, ilat_llc, 1])
+  call nf95_get_var(ncid, varid, u)
 
   call nf95_inq_varid(ncid, "v", varid)
-  call nf95_get_var(ncid, varid, v, start = [ilon_llc, ilat_llc, 1])
+  call nf95_get_var(ncid, varid, v)
 
   call nf95_close(ncid)
 
-  print *, "level = ", max_speed_contour_ssh(ssh, u, v, ind_extr, radius)
+  print *, "level = ", max_speed_contour_ssh(ssh(:, :, 1), u, v, ind_extr, &
+       radius)
 
 end program test_max_speed_contour_ssh