Canal Perigoso at a glance
- 7 maverage depth
- 7 mmedian depth
- 34 mmaximum depth
- 481 km²water area
Canal Perigoso is a channel. It is very shallow: nowhere in it is deeper than a few tens of metres in the grid. Inside its outline the GEBCO grid has about 481 km² of water, with an average depth of about 7 m (the middle value is 7 m) and a maximum of 34 m, found at 0.08° S, 49.84° W.
Open the map at the deepest cell and tap to read the depth.
How deep is each part of the Canal Perigoso?
The bar splits the Canal Perigoso's water by depth. Each colour is a depth band, and the shares add up to 100%.
- 0 to 200 m: 100%
- 200 to 1,000 m: 0%
- 1,000 to 4,000 m: 0%
- 4,000 to 6,000 m: 0%
- below 6,000 m: 0%
Named features near the deepest point: Amazon Canyon (408 km), Guiana Basin (1,086 km), Canopus Bank (1,300 km), Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone (1,767 km).
The Canal Perigoso if sea level dropped
The slider on the map lowers the sea in steps. This table shows how much of the Canal Perigoso's water would be land at each step.
| Sea level lowered by | Becomes land | Share of its water |
|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 409 km² | 85% |
| 20 m | 477 km² | 99.3% |
| 50 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 80 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 120 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 200 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 500 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 1,000 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 2,000 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 3,000 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 4,000 m | 481 km² | 100% |
| 6,000 m | 481 km² | 100% |
A simple bathtub model: it lowers the sea everywhere by the same amount and does not simulate how water would really drain.
Nearby seas
- Caribbean Sea average depth about 2,547 m
- Sargasso Sea average depth about 5,394 m
- Gulf of Mexico average depth about 1,583 m
- Bahía de Campeche average depth about 921 m
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence average depth about 163 m
- Gulf of Guinea average depth about 2,882 m
Nearest by the centre of each outline. All oceans and seas
Frequently asked questions
How deep is the Canal Perigoso?
On average about 7 m in the GEBCO grid (the middle value is 7 m). The deepest cell inside its outline is 34 m, at 0.08° S, 49.84° W.
How big is the Canal Perigoso?
About 481 km² of water inside its Natural Earth outline, counted from the grid cells that are below sea level.
How much of the Canal Perigoso would be land if sea level dropped?
With the sea 10 m lower, about 409 km² (85%) of its water would be land. At 6,000 m lower, 100% would be. This is a simple bathtub model that lowers the sea evenly everywhere.
Data: depths from the GEBCO_2026 grid, statistics worked out inside the Natural Earth outline of the channel. See data sources and licences. The GEBCO Grid should NOT be used for navigation or for any other purpose involving safety at sea.