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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63452
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishCurumim CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 21° 51' 0.3" S (-21.85009°)  
Longitude 39° 50' 3.4" W (-39.83427°)  
Min. Lat 21° 52' 5.1" S (-21.8681°)  
Min. Long 39° 52' 22.2" W (-39.8728°)  
Max. Lat 21° 50' 3.1" S (-21.8342°)  
Max. Long 39° 47' 41" W (-39.7947°)  
Source IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/
Notes Additional information (en): This feature has been mentioned in many scientific papers, publications and studies about the Brazilian continental margin, for instance, Schereiner et al. (2008), Almeida and Kowsmann (2014). Minimum depth (m): 1120. Maximum depth (m): 1675. Total relief (m): 555. Dimension/size: ~ 10 km long.    
GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2020.    
GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Year of discovery: 2001. History: Curumim is a Tupi-guarani word used to refer to indigenous childs. Tupi-guarani is one of the most important South America indigenous languages.    
Relation 
Part of  South Atlantic Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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