| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/57052 |
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| English | Areia Branca Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
4° 31' 42" S (-4.52833°) |
| Longitude |
36° 54' 30.3" W (-36.90841°) |
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4° 34' 34.2" S (-4.5762°) |
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36° 57' 49.3" W (-36.9637°) |
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4° 29' 33" S (-4.4925°) |
| Max. Long |
36° 50' 39.4" W (-36.8443°) |
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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: Areia Branca is the name of a nearby coastal city and also that of a structural fault which is located at the head of this feature. Areia Branca is the Portuguese for White Sand. |
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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 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): 163. Maximum depth (m): 1383. Total relief (m): 1220. Dimension: 1.6 km width x 20 km long |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15175457 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -4.523852; Longitude: -36.904687 |
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Last edited on 2018-09-13 16:53:11 by Lonneville Britt
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