Sigsbee Deep
submarine feature, Gulf of Mexico
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Mexico Basin
- In Gulf of Mexico / Gulf of America: Physiography and geology
…in the Mexico Basin (Sigsbee Deep), which is 17,070 feet (5,203 meters) below sea level. From the floor of the basin rise the Sigsbee Knolls, some of which attain heights of 1,300 feet (400 meters); these are surface expressions of the buried salt domes.
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