| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/34661 |
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Proposed standard  |
| Names |
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Name |
Name source |
| English | Canso Bank | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
| French | Banc de Canso | US BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features (ACUF) |
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Bank |
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| Latitude |
45° 6' 9.6" N (45.10268°) |
| Longitude |
60° 24' 9.9" W (-60.40276°) |
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| Min. Lat |
44° 53' 52" N (44.8978°) |
| Min. Long |
60° 43' 58.1" W (-60.7328°) |
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| Max. Lat |
45° 18' 44.5" N (45.3124°) |
| Max. Long |
60° 3' 42.2" W (-60.0617°) |
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| Source |
IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Links |
http://geogratis.gc.ca/services/geoname/en/features/7d3e1385ba3611d892e2080020a0f4c9 |
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| Notes |
ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152791 |
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CGND unique id (featureid) (en): 7d3e1385ba3611d892e2080020a0f4c9 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: 45.166667; Longitude: -60.333333 |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 45.15; Long: -60.283333 (update 2025-10-01) |
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Additional information (en): Adopted from the Canadian Gazetteer. Shown on Map of the Atlantic Coast of Canada showing In-shore and Deep Sea Fisheries, Dept. of Fisheries, Canada, 1932. Minimum depth (m): 60. Maximum depth (m): 200. Total relief (m): 140. Dimension/size: 1502 km². |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-37. Proposer: DFO Science (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). History: 2024. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after associate features. Canso is of Micmac origin, "Kamsok", meaning "the place beyond the cliffs", corrupted to Campseau, and Canseau in French, and after, to Canso (Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Vol. VIII, 1914). |
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Last edited on 2025-10-01 13:51:21 by Lonneville Britt
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