The Sohm Abyssal Plain is in the North Atlantic and has an area of around 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi).[1] It is located off the coast of the Canadian Maritime provinces and New England in the United States.[2] The region was named for Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm, a German naturalist on the Challenger expedition in the late-19th Century.[3]

33°N 55°W / 33°N 55°W / 33; -55

References

  1. ↑ Scott, Mike; et al. (2009). Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed. New York: DK Publishing. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7566-6117-5.
  2. ↑ "Gravity map of the North Atlantic Ocean after Sandwell and Smith". Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Marine Gazetteer Placedetails - Suhm Plain". April 22, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2023.


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