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In December 2003, Spain and Morocco agreed [14] [15] to explore the construction of an underwater rail tunnel to connect their rail systems. The tunnel would have linked Cape Malabata near Tangier with Punta Paloma in the El Estrecho Natural Park 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Gibraltar. [16]
The Devil's Throat (Spanish: La Garganta del Diablo) [1] is an underwater cave formation near the island of Cozumel, Mexico, at Punta Sur in the Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park; it starts at approximately 80 feet (24 m) of depth and opens up at approximately 135 ft (41 m) - right at the edge of recreational dive limits.
Cape Malabata (Arabic: رأس ملباطا, Ras Malabata, or Rās al-Manār, [1] "Lighthouse Cape"; French: Cap Malabata; Spanish: Punta Malabata) is a cape located about 6 miles (10 km) east of central Tangier, Morocco, facing the Strait of Gibraltar. [2] The cape features a lighthouse and a medieval-style castle that was built in early 20th ...
A secret tunnel discovered last week on the U.S.-Mexico border will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official in Ciudad Juarez said Saturday. The tunnel, discovered on Jan. 10, connects ...
A new 17-mile underwater tunnel could link Europe’s high-speed rail network to North Africa by 2030 – if a €6bn proposal goes ahead.. The tunnel would introduce a high-speed train service by ...
Underwater archaeologists dug under 20 feet of sand and rock off the coast of Sicily and found a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. Researchers date the find to either the fifth or sixth century B.C. Six ...
Pioneering underwater pedestrian and vehicular tunnel, crossing the Elbe River in Hamburg: 0.426 km: 24 m: 1907–1911 Holland Tunnel: New York – New Jersey, USA: The longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in the world when first built, crossing the Hudson River between Manhattan and Jersey City: 2.6 km: 28.3 m: 1920–1927 Detroit ...
Hopes of cutting through Central America to connect the world’s oceans date back to the early 16 th century, when Spanish explorers surveyed routes along the Chagres River and deemed any path ...