| MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/48788 |
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Name source |
| English | Amazon Sea Channel | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seachannel |
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| Latitude |
5° 18' 35.6" N (5.30989°) |
| Longitude |
47° 44' 51.9" W (-47.74776°) |
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3° 32' 25.8" N (3.5405°) |
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48° 14' 1.2" W (-48.2337°) |
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| Max. Lat |
7° 27' 58.2" N (7.4662°) |
| Max. Long |
47° 28' 10.8" W (-47.4697°) |
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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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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-28. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. Year of proposal: 2015. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: U.S. research vessel "Robert D. Conrad". Year of discovery: 1984. History: Named from the nearby Amazon State, Brazil, and Amazon River. |
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Additional information (en): The name Amazon Channel is well known since the 1970's and has been mentioned in many scientific papers and publications, such as "REMAC Project - Geomorphology of the Brazilian Continental Margin and adjacent oceanic areas" and "Morphology and Structure |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 5.39267 ; Long: -47.6955 (update 2020-04-22) |
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Last edited on 2020-05-08 00:45:32 by Lonneville Britt
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