Titanic Canyon is a

submarine canyon A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf, having nearly vertical walls, and occasionally having canyon wall heights of up to 5 km, from c ...

located south of the

Grand Banks of Newfoundland The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a series of underwater plateaus south-east of the island of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf. The Grand Banks are one of the world's richest fishing grounds, supporting Atlantic cod, swordf ...

, Canada. Its name was proposed in 1991 by marine

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althoug ...

Alan Ruffman in remembrance of British

passenger liner A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freig ...

RMS ''Titanic'', the wreck of which lies about south of the head of Titanic Canyon on its eastern slope.GEBCO: Undersea Feature Names Gazetteer
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* {{coord missing, Newfoundland and Labrador Submarine canyons of the Atlantic Ocean Canyons and gorges of Canada Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador RMS Titanic Oceanography of Canada