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Shark Island is a small rocky islet, located 0.3 miles (0.48 km) northeast of Prettyklip Point on Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. Its elevation is 32 feet. [ 1 ] It is a colony for numerous species of seabirds, [ 2 ] and is also a popular scuba-diving destination in the USVI .
The necklace carpetshark (Parascyllium variolatum), also known as the varied carpetshark, is a carpetshark of the family Parascylliidae endemic to the waters off Australia's southern coast between latitudes 37°S and 41°S. It is found near the ocean floor over sand, rock, coral reefs, and kelp and seagrass beds at depths down to 180 m (590 ft ...
Shark After Dark: 2010 DVD 1 Single episode; not to be confused with Shark After Dark LIVE. Shark Week: Jaws of Steel Collection: 2010 2×DVD 8 The complete 2009 season, the 22nd season, plus two bonus episodes. [52] Includes the two-hour docudrama Blood in the Water, which was the season premiere of the 22nd season. 2×Blu-ray Shark Week ...
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The area was given the name Shark Bay by the English explorer William Dampier, [4] on 7 August 1699. [5] Shark Bay was also visited by Louis Aleno de St Aloüarn in 1772, Nicolas Baudin from 1801 to 1803 and Louis de Freycinet in 1818. [6] Europeans, mostly pastoralists, settled in Shark Bay during the 1860s to 1870s. [6] Pearling developed ...
The Shark Bay Marine Park is a protected marine park located within the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Shark Bay, in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The 748,725-hectare (1,850,140-acre) [ 2 ] marine park is situated over 800 kilometres (500 mi) north of Perth and 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of Geraldton .
The prisoners held on Shark Island were used as forced labour throughout the camp's existence. [24] This labour was made available by the German army Etappenkommando for use by private companies throughout the Lüderitz area, working on infrastructure projects such as railway construction, the building of the harbour, and flattening and ...
The Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus) is a critically endangered species of requiem shark found in the Ganges River (Padma River) and the Brahmaputra River of India and Bangladesh. It is often confused with the more common bull shark ( Carcharhinus leucas ), which also inhabits the Ganges River and is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the ...