Sigsbee Deep
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Sigsbee Deep is the deepest part of the Gulf of Mexico, known as an abyssal plain reaching depths of over 3,700 meters (about 12,100 feet).
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sigsbee Abyssal Plain | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abyssal plain
ⓘ
deep-sea feature ⓘ |
| approximateDepth |
around 12300 feet
ⓘ
around 3750 meters ⓘ |
| bathymetricFeatureType | deep basin ⓘ |
| countryOffshoreFrom |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discoveredBy | U.S. Navy hydrographic surveys ⓘ |
| environment | deep-sea marine environment ⓘ |
| featureOf | Gulf of Mexico seafloor ⓘ |
| geologicalProvince |
Gulf of Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Mexico basin
|
| geologicalSetting | abyssal plain of the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| hasSedimentType | deep marine sediments ⓘ |
| hasWaterDepthCategory | abyssal zone ⓘ |
| isUnder | international waters of the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the deepest known point in the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic Ocean basin
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| mapFeatureClass | submarine basin ⓘ |
| maximumDepth |
about 12100 feet
ⓘ
over 3700 meters ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Dwight Sigsbee ⓘ |
| ocean | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| oceanRegion |
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area
ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Atlantic Ocean
|
| oceanSubdivision | Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sigsbee Deep
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sigsbee Abyssal Plain
|
| relativeDepthRank | deepest part of the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| seafloorMorphology | relatively flat abyssal plain ⓘ |
| surveyedBy | bathymetric sounding ⓘ |
| typicalDepthRange | greater than 3500 meters ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Sigsbee Abyssal Plain