San Antonio Canyon (Spanish: Cañón de San Antonio) is a submarine canyon located offshore San Antonio, Valparaíso Region, Chile.[1] The canyon crosses almost the whole continental shelf.[1] It has a slope of 2° from its upper parts near the coast to 80 km offshore, then slope increases to a mean of 6.3°.[2] The main channel has a large tributary coming from the south.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shepard, Francis P.; Dill, Robert F. (1966). "Other Submarine Canyons". Submarine Canyons and Other Sea Valleys. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. p. 202.
  2. ↑ Rodrigo, Cristian (2010). "Cañones submarinos en el margen continental chileno". In Díaz-Naveas, Juan; Frutos, José (eds.). Geología marina de Chile (in Spanish). Comité Oceanográfico Nacional de Chile - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso - Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería de Chile. pp. 32–35.

33°27′34.39″S 71°59′15.27″W / 33.4595528°S 71.9875750°W / -33.4595528; -71.9875750

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