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Bathymetric Areas
The tables below give the areas of land at certain depths off the coasts
of Canada. These areas are termed bathymetric areas.
Queen Elizabeth Islands
| Low water to
200* |
66 210 |
227 400 |
| 200 to 500 |
85 220 |
292 700 |
| 500 to 1000 |
37 740 |
129 620 |
| 1000 to 1500 |
20 480 |
70 340 |
| 1500 to 2000 |
40 030 |
137 490 |
| 2000 to 2500 |
41 510 |
142 540 |
| 2500 to 3000 |
25 350 |
87 070 |
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- * 0 to 200 metres includes seamounts, rises, etc., lying to seaward
of the coastal contour.
North of Arctic Mainland to Queen
Elizabeth Islands
| Low water to
200 |
167 270 |
574 500 |
| 200 to 500 |
58 240 |
200 100 |
| 500 to 1000 |
23 780 |
82 100 |
| 1000 to 1500 |
14 340 |
49 250 |
| 1500 to 2000 |
20 880 |
71 710 |
| 2000 to 2500 |
25 990 |
89 270 |
| 2500 to 3000 |
10 860 |
37 300 |
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West Coast
| Low water to
200 |
22 490 |
77 240 |
| 200 to 500 |
7 760 |
26 650 |
| 500 to 1000 |
2 430 |
8 350 |
| 1000 to 1500 |
2 800 |
9 620 |
| 1500 to 2000 |
3 280 |
11 230 |
| 2000 to 2500 |
17 230 |
59 180 |
| 2500
to 3000 |
40 730 |
139 890 |
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East Coast and Hudson Bay
| Low water to
200 |
481 880 |
1 655
070 |
| 200 to 500 |
190 840 |
655 460 |
| 500 to 1000 |
35 250 |
121 070 |
| 1000 to 1500 |
25 070 |
86 100 |
| 1500 to 2000 |
25 640 |
88 060 |
| 2000 to 2500 |
31 860 |
109 430 |
| 2500 to 3000 |
60 950 |
209 340 |
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Flemish Cap (47º North 45º West)
| Low water to
200 |
1 420 |
4 870 |
| 200 to 500 |
7 350 |
25 230 |
| 500 to 1000 |
3 540 |
12 150 |
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Orphan Knoll (50º North 46º West)
| Less than 2000 |
760 |
2 620 |
| 2000 to 2500 |
1 480 |
5 070 |
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Source: GeoAccess Division, Natural Resourvces
Canada.
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Existing bathymetric knowledge beyond the 200 metres contour
off Canada's coastline is inadequate for determining precise
depth contours. In the Canadian Arctic, bathymetric information
is of a reconnaissance nature supplemented by track soundings
from ships. Therefore the measurements listed in the tables
should be regarded as interim figures until standard hydrographic
surveys are completed for the entire region. 