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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/33568
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishNatal CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 5° 41' 25.4" S (-5.69039°)  
Longitude 34° 39' 16.6" W (-34.65461°)  
Min. Lat 5° 58' 46.9" S (-5.9797°)  
Min. Long 34° 52' 19.9" W (-34.8722°)  
Max. Lat 5° 32' 57.1" S (-5.5492°)  
Max. Long 34° 21' 9" W (-34.3525°)  
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-25. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. Year of proposal: 2012.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Brazilian survey vessel "Sea Surveyor". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Named from the nearby city of Natal, Brazil.    
Additional information (en): Channel with V and asymmetrical shapes. This feature is located on the northeastern Brazilian continental margin. Minimum depth (m): 300. Maximum depth (m): 3960. Total relief (m): 3660. Dimension: 100 km long, from 2 to 6.5 km wide and from 250 to 600 m     
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: -5.7122 ; Long: -34.6375 (update 2020-04-22)    
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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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