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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63466 |
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| English | Itapemirim Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
21° 59' 52.2" S (-21.99782°) |
| Longitude |
39° 53' 49.5" W (-39.89709°) |
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22° 2' 7.4" S (-22.0354°) |
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40° 2' 44.8" W (-40.0458°) |
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21° 57' 23.5" S (-21.9565°) |
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39° 45' 0.8" W (-39.7502°) |
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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 the REMAC Project: Geomorphology of the Brazilian Continental Margin and adjacent oceanic areas (1979). Minimum depth (m): 159. Maximum depth (m): 1853. Total relief (m): 1694. Dimension/size: ~ 35 km long and 5 to 9.5 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: U.S. research vessel "Robert D. Conrad". Year of discovery: 1973. History: Named from the city of Itapemirim, in the Espirito Santo State, Southeast of Brazil, located at the mouth of Itapemirim River. Itapemirim is a Tupi-guarani - one of the most important South America indigenous languages - word that means ‘’small rock’’. |
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Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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