| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57050 |
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Name source |
| English | Mossoró Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
4° 32' 33.9" S (-4.54275°) |
| Longitude |
36° 50' 57.3" W (-36.84924°) |
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| Min. Lat |
4° 35' 32.8" S (-4.5924°) |
| Min. Long |
36° 52' 11.9" W (-36.87°) |
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| Max. Lat |
4° 29' 23.2" S (-4.4898°) |
| Max. Long |
36° 50' 16.7" W (-36.838°) |
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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 city and river of Mossoró, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte. |
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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 sinuous shape and 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): 280. Maximum depth (m): 1330. Total relief (m): 1050. Dimension: 2.4 km to 3.4 km width x 14 km long |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175462 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -4.539576; Longitude: -36.843179 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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