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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/26632
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishDoce CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 19° 48' 42.5" S (-19.8117944°)  
Longitude 39° 8' 9.6" W (-39.136°)  
Min. Lat 20° 4' 1.2" S (-20.067°)  
Min. Long 39° 8' 45.6" W (-39.146°)  
Max. Lat 19° 31' 55.2" S (-19.532°)  
Max. Long 39° 1' 12" W (-39.02°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-24. Proposer: Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras), Brazil. Year of proposal: 2011.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Year of discovery: 2001. History: Named from its likely association with the Doce River fluvial system during sea level falls.    
Additional information (en): Discovered during well drilling studies in the continental slope of the Brazilian margin in 2001. Minimum depth (m): 70. Maximum depth (m): 1955. Total relief (m): 1885. Dimension: 60 km long and 700 m to 2800 m wide.    
Relations 
Part of  Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)  [view hierarchy]   
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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