Talk:Laurentian Abyss

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Im looking for some location and charting information for the Laurentian Abyss. I know that it exists on Oceanography maps but do not have any to get significant information from. Anyone who comes across this page and doese plese post it on the main definition page. -Thanks, LeibstandarteAdH

Here is an excerpt from another site:

The deep ocean floor is mostly flat but there are quite a few seamounts, guyots and deeps or trenches. The deepest trench in the North Atlantic is the Puerto Rico Trench at 8,605 meters, in the South Atlantic it is the South Sandwich Trench at 8,428 meters and near the equator is the Romanche Trench at 7,454 meters. The deepest point in the Atlantic is at 8,605 meters and is called the Milwaukee Deep, an area located in the Puerto Rico Trench. Off the eastern coast of Canada is the Laurentian Abyss. The shelves that run along the edges of the continents make up approximately 11% of the bottom topography in addition to several deep channels that cut across the continental rise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.166.156.10 (talk • contribs)

What's the other site? If it's a reliable source we can cite it here.--Tbeatty 18:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

The above information was cited from: http://marinebio.org/Oceans/Geography.asp –LeibstandarteAdH 15:12, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

This info can add to the Laurentian Abyss main page but still leaves much to be desired such as coordnates and depth/depths. As i said which i believe can be gained from simple oceanographic charts if anyone has acess. That does not make the above information any less relevent, and should still be added. --165.166.156.10 18:32, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• • • • • • • • • • I am confused about something noted in the Laurentian Abyss article. At the end, it states that "the actual deepest point is the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean." Yet when I went to the Wikipedia article about the Challenger Deep, Wikipedia states that it is the "third deepest point." Ok, one article is in need of correction.************