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In the English-speaking world, the Bungo Strait is most known as a setting in the 1958 World War II submarine film Run Silent, Run Deep, based upon the best-selling 1955 novel by then-Commander Edward L. Beach Jr. [3] On 9 November 1944, the USS Archerfish sank the Shinano, just nine hours into its maiden voyage in the Bungo strait. Shinano had ...
Landsat 7-derived sketch map of North and South Luconia Shoals Extract from US Dept of State map also showing Louisa Reef and James Shoal. The Luconia Shoals, divided into the North and South Luconia Shoals, and sometimes known as the Luconia Reefs, are one of the largest and least-known reef complexes in the South China Sea. [1]
Chart 93044 – approx. 10–12°N, 113–115°E; [2] Sailing Directions pp8–10. [1] 1.21 North Danger Reef – northern and western sections North Reef, North Pass, Northeast Cay, Shira Islet, Middle Pass, Southwest Cay, West Pass (N), Jenkins Patches, West Pass (S) 1.22 North Danger Reef – southern and eastern sections; Trident & Lys Shoals
An area nearly the size of Florida was mapped with 31 multi-beam sonars to make 3D images of the seafloor of the Blake Plateau, according to NOAA. ... is a shallow-water reef. This deep-sea one is ...
Invoking images of the open ocean's surface, the imagination can conjure up an endless empty space. A flat line parting the blue below from the blue above. But in reality a diverse array of species occupy this unique boundary layer. A tangle of terms exist for different organisms occupying different niches of the ocean's surface.
On January 19, 2021, NOAA issued the Final Instruction for expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. This action protects 14 additional reefs and banks, slightly adjusts the boundaries of the sanctuary's original three banks and expands the sanctuary from 56 square miles (145 km 2) to a total of 160 square miles (415 km 2).
Deep sea food webs are complex, and aspects of the system are poorly understood. Typically, predator-prey interactions within the deep are compiled by direct observation (likely from remotely operated underwater vehicles), analysis of stomach contents, and biochemical analysis. Stomach content analysis is the most common method used, but it is ...
Interactive maps, databases and real-time graphics from The Huffington Post