A
submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley with nearly vertical walls cut into the
seabed of the
continental margin, sometimes extending well onto the
continental shelf.
Atlantic Ocean , off the coast of New York and New Jersey •
Amazon Canyon, extending from the
Amazon River off the coast of Brazil •
Avilés Canyon, off the coast of
Asturias, Spain •
Baltimore Canyon, off the coast of Maryland •
Congo Canyon, extending from the
Congo River off the coast of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Great Bahama Canyon, between the islands of
The Bahamas •
Hatteras Canyon, off the coast of North Carolina •
Hudson Canyon, extending from the
Hudson River off the coast of New York City between the
Long Island and the
New Jersey coasts of the United States •
Mona Canyon, off the coast of western
Puerto Rico •
Nazaré Canyon, off the coast of Portugal •
Whittard Canyon, off the southwest coast of Ireland •
Wilmington Canyon, off the coast of
Delaware, the United States
Indian Ocean •
Ganges Canyon, extending from the
Ganges off the coast of India •
Indus Canyon, extending from the
Indus River off the coast of Pakistan •
Perth Canyon, extending from the
Swan River off the coast of Fremantle. Western Australia
Pacific Ocean and four other submarine canyons in the
Bering Sea •
Bass Canyon, in the
Tasman Sea off the coast of eastern
Victoria, Australia •
Bering Canyon, in the
Bering Sea near the
Aleutian Islands,
Alaska, the United States •
Kaikōura Canyon, off the coast of the
Kaikōura Peninsula, New Zealand • La Jolla Canyon, off the coast of La Jolla, California •
Monterey Canyon, off the coast of central
California, the United States •
Pribilof Canyon, in the Bering Sea, southeast of the
Pribilof Islands, Alaska •
Scripps Canyon, off the coast of
La Jolla,
southern California •
Zhemchug Canyon, in the central Bering Sea between the Aleutian Islands of Alaska and the
Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia; the largest submarine canyon in the world based on drainage area
Black Sea •
Danube Canyon, off the coast of Romania ==References==