MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57048 |
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Name source |
English | Apodi Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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PlaceType |
Canyon(s) |
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Latitude |
4° 34' 16.1" S (-4.57113°) |
Longitude |
36° 48' 20.6" W (-36.80573°) |
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Min. Lat |
4° 37' 18.6" S (-4.6218°) |
Min. Long |
36° 50' 7" W (-36.8353°) |
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Max. Lat |
4° 31' 17.2" S (-4.5214°) |
Max. Long |
36° 46' 39.3" W (-36.7776°) |
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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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Notes |
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Brazilian survey vessel "Sirius". Year of discovery: 2011. History: Apodi is the name of a city and a river in the region. The term "Apodi" is an indigenous word that means highlands or plateau. |
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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 more than 50°. 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): 106. Maximum depth (m): 1415. Total relief (m): 1309. Dimension: Up to 5.0 km width x14.4 km long. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175456 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -4.569697; Longitude: -36.80858 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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