MarBEF Data System



European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/64380
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishSantos Sea ChannelIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Seachannel 
Latitude 24° 31' 14" S (-24.52055°)  
Longitude 43° 3' 34.5" W (-43.05959°)  
Min. Lat 25° 4' 56.2" S (-25.0823°)  
Min. Long 44° 10' 52.2" W (-44.1812°)  
Max. Lat 24° 6' 1.7" S (-24.1005°)  
Max. Long 41° 51' 38.3" W (-41.8606°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated and meandered shape.It is described as an along-isobath channel situated in the transition from the middle to the lower slope (Duarte & Viana, 2016). Minimum depth (m): 1485. Maximum depth (m): 1640. Total relief (m): 155. Dimension/size: 200 km.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34.3. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2021.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Vema". Year of discovery: 1968. History: Named from its geographical location, on the sedimentary basin of the nearby Brazilian city of Santos, in the State of São Paulo.    
Relation 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
Map
Edit history Last edited on 2023-07-26 16:22:28 by Lonneville Britt
[Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
Web site hosted and maintained by Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) - Contact