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The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a series of underwater plateaus south-east of the island of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf. The Grand Banks are one of the world's richest fishing grounds, supporting Atlantic cod, swordfish, haddock and capelin, as well as shellfish, seabirds and sea mammals.

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Grand Banks of Newfoundland

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The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a series of underwater plateaus south-east of the island of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf. The...

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1929 Grand Banks earthquake

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The earthquake was centred on the edge of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of the island. It was felt as far away as...

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Laurentian Slope Seismic Zone

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Atlantic Canada located on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. It was the epicenter of the 7.2 magnitude 1929 Grand Banks earthquake. "Earthquake zones in...

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Ocean bank

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nutrient-rich currents.[how?] Because of this, some large banks, such as Dogger Bank and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, are among the richest fishing grounds...

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Banks dory

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The Banks dory, or Grand Banks dory, is a type of dory. They were used as traditional fishing boats from the 1850s on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The...

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Grand Bank

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Grand Bank or 'Grand Banc' as the first French settlers pronounced it, is a small rural town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, with...

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Newfoundland dog

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fishermen in Newfoundland. In the early 1880s, fishermen and explorers from Ireland and England travelled to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, where they...

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Great auk

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claim of a live individual sighted in 1852 on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland has been accepted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature...

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Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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coast of Newfoundland, near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. St. Pierre is 19 km (12 mi) from Point May on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and 3,819 km...

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Rhinochimaeridae

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chimaera was brought up from 460 fathoms (2,760 ft; 840 m) off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. They range from 60 to 140 cm (2.0 to 4.6 ft) in maximum total...

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Flemish Cap

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circulation current over the cap. The waters of the Flemish Cap are deeper and warmer than the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The 58,000-square-kilometre area may...

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1782 Central Atlantic hurricane

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Atlantic hurricane of 1782 was a hurricane that hit the merchant fleet under British Admiral Thomas Graves in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in September 1782...

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International Ice Patrol

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cruisers USS Chester and USS Birmingham to patrol the Grand Banks of Newfoundland for the remainder of 1912. In 1913, the United States Navy could not spare...

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Titanic Canyon

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located south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada. Its name was proposed in 1991 by marine geologist Alan Ruffman in remembrance of British passenger...

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Atlantic Ocean

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Grand Banks of Newfoundland, the Scotian Shelf, Georges Bank off Cape Cod, the Bahama Banks, the waters around Iceland, the Irish Sea, the Bay of Fundy...

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Andrea Gail

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Gloucester Harbor on September 20, 1991, bound for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland off the coast of eastern Canada. After poor fishing, Captain Frank W....

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Fogo Seamounts

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called the Fogo Seamount Chain, are a group of undersea mountains southeast of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean. This seamount...

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North Atlantic Current

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Newfoundland Rise, a submarine ridge that stretches southeast from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The NAC flows northward east of the Grand Banks,...

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Newfoundland outport

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Corte-Real of Portugal visited Newfoundland in 1500, and by 1506 the catch from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland encouraged the King of Portugal to impose a ten...

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Turbot War

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Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) regulated area on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, just outside Canada's declared 200-nautical-mile (370 km) exclusive...

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RMS Carpathia

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displayed in Europe. Carpathia Seamount, one of the Fogo Seamounts southeast of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean, is named after...

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The Banks of Newfoundland

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lament of a sailor on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, on which one must pass the cold Grand Banks. THE BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND You bully boys of Liverpool...

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Ocean Ranger

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exploration well on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, 267 kilometres (166 mi) east of St. John's, Newfoundland, for Mobil Oil of Canada, Ltd. (MOCAN) with...

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Georges Bank

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in the continental shelf running from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to Georges. Georges Bank was part of the North American mainland as recently as...

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Sponge ground

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Alberto (2012-11-01). "Deep-sea sponge grounds of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Ocean): Distribution...

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