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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63460 |
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| English | Grussaí Canyon | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Canyon(s) |
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| Latitude |
21° 55' 59" S (-21.93305°) |
| Longitude |
39° 54' 42.2" W (-39.91171°) |
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21° 58' 53.7" S (-21.9816°) |
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40° 2' 16.1" W (-40.0378°) |
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| Max. Lat |
21° 54' 47.2" S (-21.9131°) |
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39° 46' 31.8" W (-39.7755°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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| Notes |
Additional information (en): This feature has been mentioned in many scientific papers, publications and studies on the Brazilian continental margin, such as Schereiner et al (2008) and Almeida & Kowsmann (2014). Minimum depth (m): 139. Maximum depth (m): 1857. Total relief (m): 1718. Dimension/size: ~ 32 km long and 4 km wide. |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-34. Proposer: Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Brazil. History: 2020. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): Discoverer: Brazilian survey vessel "Almirante Câmara". Year of discovery: 1991. History: Grussaí is a Tupi-guarani - one of the most important South American indigenous languages - word that means ‘’river of crabs’’. |
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Last edited on 2021-09-02 22:35:14 by Lonneville Britt
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