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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63428 |
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| English | São Tomé Canyons | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
22° 16' 30.3" S (-22.27507°) |
| Longitude |
39° 55' 35.3" W (-39.92646°) |
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22° 18' 36" S (-22.31°) |
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40° 1' 9.2" W (-40.0192°) |
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22° 12' 50.9" S (-22.2142°) |
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39° 47' 48.9" W (-39.7969°) |
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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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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has a sinuous shape. It has been mentioned in many scientific papers, publications and studies on the Brazilian continental margin, such as Viana et al (2002), Schereiner et al (2008), and Almeida & Kowsmann (2014). Minimum depth (m): 213. Maximum depth (m): 1773. Total relief (m): 1560. Dimension/size: 24 km long and 1 to 2.5 km wide. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2020. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: British vessel HMS "Endurance". Year of discovery: 1985. History: Named from its geographic location, on the shelf break in front of São Tomé Cape, a peninsula in the north of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. This feature was formed by accumulation of sediments from the Paraíba do Sul River. |
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Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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