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Silver Bank as Bank of Argent in the lower right of an 1873 map of the Bahamas. Silver Bank (Spanish: Banco de la Plata) [1] is a submerged bank in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Dominican Republic and southeast of the territory of Turks and Caicos Islands. It covers an area of 1,680 square kilometres (649 square miles). [2]
In 1986, she was instrumental in the creation of the first protected area for the humpback whale, originally called the Humpback Whale Sanctuary on the Silver Bank (Spanish: Santuario de Ballenas Jorobadas del Banco de la Plata) but today known as Santuario de los Bancos de la Plata y la Navidad . [3]
This area is considered part of the Dominican Republic. A Dominican presidential decree on July 5, 1996, included the area in the Sanctuary for the Marine Mammals of the Dominican Republic. [2] Navidad Bank has a wealth of corals and is a safe haven for marine mammals, including the humpback whale. The humpback whales have long used the bank as ...
The comeback of the humpback is arguably the greatest success story in the history of conservation. New science is putting a value on the life of a whale — and finding they provide much more ...
A male humpback whale has made an extraordinary journey from South America to Africa — traveling more than 13,046 kilometers (8,106 miles) — the longest migration recorded for a single whale ...
Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands is in the middle of the humpback whales' annual migratory route to the Silver Banks, a humpback mating and nursery area, north of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Sea. It is a 75-square-mile (190 km 2) shallow coral reef area, an underwater plateau of limestone. It is believed that the whales choose ...
A humpback whale crossed multiple oceans for a massive migration that covered more than 8,000 miles, according to a new study. Humpback whale makes one of the longest migrations ever recorded Skip ...
The Banco de la Plata y la Navidad is a marine protected area established in the Dominican Republic by decree no. 319 of 14 October 1986 and amended by Act no. 202 on protected areas, increasing the area to 32,879.8 km 2 (12,695.0 sq mi). [171] [172] The area is known to be a major breeding site in the Caribbean for humpback whales. An ...