| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57049 |
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| English | Ponta do Mel Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
4° 33' 44.5" S (-4.56235°) |
| Longitude |
36° 44' 40.2" W (-36.7445°) |
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4° 37' 12.1" S (-4.62°) |
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36° 45' 45.8" W (-36.7627°) |
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4° 30' 33.2" S (-4.5092°) |
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36° 42' 53.8" W (-36.7149°) |
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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 town of Ponta do Mel, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte. The name of the town results from its location on a promontory (ponta), and also from the large number of bees living in this area (mel is the Portuguese for honey). |
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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: 0.4 km to 2.3 km wide x9.8 km long. |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175463 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -4.561213; Longitude: -36.750791 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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