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Bermuda Deep Water Caves 2011: Dives of Discovery between 20110607 and 20110627

Metadata Updated: October 19, 2024

During the three week NOAA Ocean Exploration project, Bermuda Deep Water Caves 2011: Dives of Discovery, our four member deep team, aided by numerous assistants, conducted eight deep offshore dives to a maximum depth of 448 ft., in addition to eight photo, instrument deployment, and exploration dives in inland caves systems. Principal discoveries made during the expedition were a natural bridge cave at 215 ft. depth on the northern edge of the main Bermuda platform, a drowned reef at nearly the same depth off the south shore, a sea level notch at 370 ft. at the eastern edge, and regularly spaced vertical rifts and jagged, possibly volcanic, cliffs along the southeastern side of Challenger Bank at depths to nearly 450 ft. All of these features were formed during the Ice Ages when world sea level had retreated to the depths that we reached on these dives.

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Dates

Metadata Date October 31, 2023
Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
Reference Date(s) 2012-02 (creation)
Frequency Of Update unknown

Metadata Source

Harvested from NCDDC OER

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date October 31, 2023
Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
Reference Date(s) 2012-02 (creation)
Responsible Party (Principal Investigator, Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.ncei:BermudaCaves2011
Access Constraints Access Constraints: No access constraints. Use Constraints: No use constraints.
Bbox East Long -64.42
Bbox North Lat 32.58
Bbox South Lat 32
Bbox West Long -65.17
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update unknown
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Harvest Source Id 0eb61eac-016f-4f95-a6c3-2974339749bb
Harvest Source Title NCDDC OER
Licence
Lineage
Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-65.17, 32.0], [-64.42, 32.0], [-64.42, 32.58], [-65.17, 32.58], [-65.17, 32.0]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2011-06-07
Temporal Extent End 2011-06-27

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