MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63451 |
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Name source |
English | Cananéia Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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Latitude |
26° 3' 38.3" S (-26.06065°) |
Longitude |
45° 14' 31.9" W (-45.24219°) |
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Min. Lat |
26° 16' 22.7" S (-26.273°) |
Min. Long |
45° 28' 24.2" W (-45.4734°) |
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Max. Lat |
25° 48' 46.9" S (-25.813°) |
Max. Long |
44° 58' 46.8" W (-44.9797°) |
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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 name has been mentioned in many scientific papers, publications and studies on the Brazilian continental margin, such as "REMAC Project – Geomorphology of the Brazilian Continental Margin and adjacent oceanic areas" (1979), or Esmeraldino Jr et al (2019). Minimum depth (m): 161. Maximum depth (m): 2431. Total relief (m): 2270. Dimension/size: 85 km long. |
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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: Brazilian research vessel "W. Besnard". Year of discovery: 1972. History: Named from the coastal city of Cananéia in the Brazilian State of São Paulo, which is considered by some historians as the first city of Brazil. |
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Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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