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1New York Bight — A colorized depiction of the Hudson Canyon and New York Bight. The New York Bight is a slight indentation along the Atlantic coast of the United States, extending northeasterly from Cape May Inlet in New Jersey to Montauk Point on the eastern tip …
2Neupokoyev Bight — (70°5′S 4°45′E / 70.083°S 4.75°E / 70.083; 4.75) is a bight 30 nautical miles (60 km) wide, indenting the ice shelf that fringes the coast of Queen Maud L …
3Ocean fisheries — A fishery is an area with an associated fish or aquatic population which is harvested for its commercial value. Fisheries can be wild or farmed. Most of the world s wild fisheries are in the ocean. This article is an overview of ocean fisheries.… …
4European exploration — Introduction the exploration of regions of the Earth for scientific, commercial, religious, military, and other purposes by Europeans beginning in the 15th century. The motives that spur human beings to examine their environment are… …
5Indian Ocean — an ocean S of Asia, E of Africa, and W of Australia. 28,357,000 sq. mi. (73,444,630 sq. km). * * * Indian Ocean Introduction Indian Ocean Background: The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world s five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean and… …
6Biafra — Republic of Biafra Unrecognized state ← …
7USCGC Tallapoosa (WPG-52) — The cutter Tallapoosa was designed to replace the cutter Winona and was stationed at Mobile, Alabama, with cruising grounds to Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana and Fowey Rocks, Florida. Operational history, 1915 1941 Tallapoosa was assigned to her… …
8Frisian Islands — | | | | | | | | | | |The Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands or Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago at the eastern edge of the North Sea in northwestern Europe, stretching from the north west of the Netherlands through Germany… …
9Body of water — [ River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park] A body of water is any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet. The term body of water most often refers to large accumulations of water, such as… …
10British Columbia Coast — Howe Sound, along British Columbia s South Coast. The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada s western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada. In a sense excluding the urban… …
