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European Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/63460
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Name
Language Name Name source
EnglishGrussaí CanyonIHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names   
PlaceType Canyon(s) 
Latitude 21° 55' 59" S (-21.93305°)  
Longitude 39° 54' 42.2" W (-39.91171°)  
Min. Lat 21° 58' 53.7" S (-21.9816°)  
Min. Long 40° 2' 16.1" W (-40.0378°)  
Max. Lat 21° 54' 47.2" S (-21.9131°)  
Max. Long 39° 46' 31.8" W (-39.7755°)  
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 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.    
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): 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’’.    
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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