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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63451
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCananéia CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 26° 3' 38.3" S (-26.06065°)  
Longitude 45° 14' 31.9" W (-45.24219°)  
Min. Lat 26° 16' 22.7" S (-26.273°)  
Min. Long 45° 28' 24.2" W (-45.4734°)  
Max. Lat 25° 48' 46.9" S (-25.813°)  
Max. Long 44° 58' 46.8" W (-44.9797°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
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.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2020.    
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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Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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