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[7] [8] Blue whales also frequent an area off Kahurangi Point in the nearby northern South Island. [2] A seabed survey by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in 2023 found that the bight contained 14 rocky reefs with abundant life including "kelp forests, macroalgal meadows, and gardens of 39 species of sponge. Blue cod ...
Puerto Peñasco is often called "Rocky Point" in English, and has been nicknamed "Arizona’s Beach" as it is the closest beach to cities such as Phoenix and Tucson. The warm sea surface temperatures of the northern end of the gulf cause Puerto Peñasco to have a much warmer climate than coastal cities on the Pacific both in the Mexican and ...
The Atlantic Seaboard basin in eastern North America drains to the Atlantic Ocean; the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin in central and eastern North America drains to the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the Atlantic Ocean or to the Labrador Sea; the Gulf of Mexico basin in the southern United States drains to the Gulf of Mexico, a basin of the Atlantic ...
The Cetina (pronounced) is a river in southern Croatia.It has a length of 101 km (63 mi) and its basin covers an area of 1,463 km 2 (565 sq mi). [1] From its source, Cetina descends from an elevation of 385 metres (1,263 ft) above sea level to the Adriatic Sea.
The point is ‘rocky’ because a fossilized Pleistocene reef lies exposed at the surface. Within the park, all five species of cats native to Belize have been recorded, including the jaguar and puma. The forests are also home to a population of the endangered White-lipped Peccary. The mangroves and sea grass beds are home to manatees and ...
Spithead is bold-to, and may be safely approached as close as 150 yards (140 m). There is a beacon, about 15 feet high, standing close to its southern shore. Rocky Point has a kelp-marked reef which extends toward Spithead about 350 yards (320 m); eastward of the point shoal water makes out about 200 yards (180 m) with little kelp.
"Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula. Situated to the east of the Sinai Peninsula is the smaller Gulf of Aqaba . The gulf was formed within a relatively young but now inactive Gulf of Suez Rift rift basin , dating back about 26 million years. [ 1 ]
Ragged Point is located in northwestern San Luis Obispo County at , about 7 miles (11 km) north of the Piedras Blancas Light Station. The rocky headland marks the southern end of the small bay where San Carpoforo Creek empties into the Pacific Ocean. There is a short beach just north of the outcropping called Ragged Point Beach, which is ...