| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57051 |
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| English | Grossos Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
4° 33' 0.8" S (-4.55022°) |
| Longitude |
36° 54' 31.6" W (-36.90879°) |
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4° 34' 43.9" S (-4.5789°) |
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36° 54' 49.2" W (-36.9137°) |
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4° 31' 23.7" S (-4.5232°) |
| Max. Long |
36° 54' 2.2" W (-36.9006°) |
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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 Grossos, 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 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): 150. Maximum depth (m): 950. Total relief (m): 800. Dimension: 0.9 km to 1.9 km width x 6.5 km long |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175460 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -4.549692; Longitude: -36.908817 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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