Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/36188
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishAguja CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 11° 42' 57.2" N (11.7159°)  
Longitude 74° 13' 58.6" W (-74.23294°)  
Min. Lat 11° 16' 7.9" N (11.2689°)  
Min. Long 74° 32' 40.1" W (-74.5445°)  
Max. Lat 12° 15' 30.5" N (12.2585°)  
Max. Long 73° 51' 2.1" W (-73.8506°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes ACUF unique id (UFI) (en): -152232    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 11.666667; Long: -74.166667 (update 2025-10-01)    
Additional information (en): This feature has an elongated and sinusoidal shape. Minimum depth (m): 10. Maximum depth (m): 3783. Total relief (m): 3773. Dimension/size: 197 km long.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-37. Proposer: Colombia National Hydrographic Service (SHN). History: 2024.     
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Colombian research vessel A.R.C. "Providencia". Year of discovery: 2009. History: Named from the nearby Aguja Island, Colombia.    
Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 11.74285; Long: -74.25499; minLat: 11.27243; minLong: -74.56055; maxLat: 12.25855; maxLong: -73.85136 (update 2026-09-29)    
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Part of  Caribbean Sea (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2026-09-29 09:47:45 by Lonneville Britt
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