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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63437 |
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| English | Tupiniquim Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
23° 5' 12.2" S (-23.08671°) |
| Longitude |
40° 33' 0.1" W (-40.55002°) |
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23° 7' 36.3" S (-23.1267°) |
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40° 36' 12.1" W (-40.6034°) |
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23° 2' 37.6" S (-23.0438°) |
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40° 29' 39.6" W (-40.4943°) |
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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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Additional information (en): This feature has been mentioned in many scientific papers, publications and studies on the Brazilian continental margin, such as Schereiner et al (2008), and Almeida & Kowsmann (2014). Minimum depth (m): 1332. Maximum depth (m): 2306. Total relief (m): 974. Dimension/size: 16 km long and 1.3 to 2.7 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: U.S. research vessel "Vema". Year of discovery: 1974. History: Tupiniquim refers to a Brazilian indigenous group that belongs to the Tupi Nation (Indigenous people that spoke the Tupi language and lived in the Brazilian coast in the 16th century). They were the first indigenous group that the Portuguese colonizers made contact with when discovering Brazil. |
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Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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