Top Ten Ocean Landmarks You should visit...

sasiyedavalli (42)in #travel • 8 years ago

Bermuda Triangle

Does this area of the Atlantic between Puerto Rico, Bermuda, and Florida really suck ships and airplanes to their destruction as the legends tell?
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  Sargasso Sea 
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You don’t want to tangle with this floating mass of tangled vegetation.

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  Site of the Titanic Sinking
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The most famous icebergs in history!

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  Panama Canal
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Opened in 1904 this 31-mile canal joined the Atlantic and the Pacific ocens and saved a trip of thousands of miles around Cape Horn, at the tip of South America.

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  Cape Horn
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This cape, with a combination of strong winds and treacherous coastline, sent many a sailor to an untimely death.

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  Strait of Gibraltar 
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Narrow opening that joins the Mediterranean sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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  Great Barrier Reef 
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This coral reef has one of the richest ecosystems on the planet.

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  Mariana Trench 
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The deepest spot on the surface of the earth.

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  Hawaii 
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These islands are really seamounts. When you compute the distance they rise from the ocean floor, its highest mountain, Mauna Kea, becomes the tallest mountain on the Earth.

Bering Strait

Many People believe that until about 12,000 years ago there was a land bridge here that provided the route for people migrating from Asia to North America.