MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63467 |
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Name source |
English | Jeffrey Canyons | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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PlaceType |
Canyon(s) |
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Latitude |
64° 41' 24" S (-64.68999°) |
Longitude |
118° 41' 54.2" E (118.69839°) |
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Min. Lat |
65° 2' 32" S (-65.0422°) |
Min. Long |
118° 8' 40.6" E (118.1446°) |
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Max. Lat |
64° 4' 52.6" S (-64.0813°) |
Max. Long |
119° 15' 26.1" E (119.2573°) |
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Source |
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): Submarine canyons with asymmetricalcross section. This feature flows into Morka Valley. Minimum depth (m): 2948. Maximum depth (m): 3485. Total relief (m): 537. Dimension/size: 41 km wide and 104 km long. . |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-33. Proposer: Ph.E. O’Brien, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; and L. Armand, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. History: 2018. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Australian research vessel "Investigator". Year of discovery: 2017. History: Named after the Australian scientist Dr. Shirley Jeffrey (1930-2014), a preeminent researcher in the biochemistry of phytoplankton. This feature was chosen because its floor contains unexpected thick deposits of phytoplankton (diatoms). |
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ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): 15036072 |
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Coordinates in ACUF (en): Latitude: -64.689989; Longitude: 118.698383 |
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Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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