| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57047 |
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| English | Porto do Mangue Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
4° 34' 26.9" S (-4.57413°) |
| Longitude |
36° 42' 41.8" W (-36.71161°) |
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4° 38' 15.6" S (-4.6377°) |
| Min. Long |
36° 44' 3.6" W (-36.7343°) |
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4° 30' 34.8" S (-4.5097°) |
| Max. Long |
36° 41' 35.9" W (-36.6933°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Brazilian survey vessel "Sirius". Year of discovery: 2011. History: Named from the nearby coastal city of Porto do Mangue, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte. Porto is the Portuguese for harbour and mangue that for mangrove. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-30. Proposer: Helenice Vital, Geology and Geophysics Laboratory of Rio Grande do Norte Federal University, Brazil. History: 2017. |
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Additional information (en): This feature has a steepness of 25 to 35°. The name first appeared in 2015 in a scientific paper from Almeida, N., Vital, H., and Gomes, M.: "Morphology of submarine canyons along the continental margin of the Potiguar Basin, NE Brazil". Minimum depth (m): 115. Maximum depth (m): 1260. Total relief (m): 1145. Dimension: 0.6 km to 1.9 km wide x10.8 km long. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175464 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -4.577499; Longitude: -36.70997 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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