Not to be confused with the shoal of the same name located just off Delf Island in Georgian Bay.
Superior Shoal's four geologic ridges. Contour interval: 20 feet.
The Superior Shoal is a geologic shoal of approximately 20 square miles (52 km2) located 50 miles (80 km) north of Copper Harbor, Michigan in the middle of Lake Superior, the highest point of which lies only 21 feet (6.4 m) below the lake's surface.[1] The shoal is a hump of Keweenawan basaltic lava flows with ophitic interiors and amygdaloidal tops in an otherwise deep part of the lake, and though fishermen had known of its existence for generations it was only officially charted in 1929 by the United States Lake Survey.[2]: 193 It has been theorized that the World War I French minesweepers Inkerman and Cerisoles, which disappeared during their maiden voyage on Lake Superior in mid-November 1918, may have run aground on this shoal[2]: 192 and some have theorized that it may have been to blame for both the disappearance of the "Flying Dutchman of the Great Lakes" on November 21, 1902 and the sinking of the "Titanic of the Great Lakes" on November 10, 1975 (the SS Bannockburn and SS Edmund Fitzgerald, respectively).[3][4] It is one of the known off-shore spawning and foraging habitats for the juvenile lean lake trout.
^Marshall, James R. (2005). Shipwrecks of Lake Superior. Lake Superior Port Cities. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-942235-67-8.
^ abBourrie, Mark (2005). Many a midnight ship: true stories of Great Lakes shipwrecks. University of Michigan. ISBN 978-0-472-03136-8.
^Horns, William H. (2003). Fish-community objectives for Lake Superior. p. 35.
^Stonehouse, Frederick (2006) [1977]. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (6th ed.). Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios. ISBN 1-892384-33-7.
The SuperiorShoal is a geologic shoal of approximately 20 square miles (52 km2) located 50 miles (80 km) north of Copper Harbor, Michigan in the middle...
and Cerisoles, vanished in a Lake Superior storm, perhaps upon striking the uncharted danger of the SuperiorShoal in an otherwise deep part of the lake...
9:30 a.m. on November 10 on SuperiorShoal. This shoal, charted in 1929, is an underwater mountain in the middle of Lake Superior about 50 miles (80 km) north...
have taken. Alternatively, the at-that-time uncharted danger of the SuperiorShoal might also have been the cause. When the Soo locks were drained at the...
By 1922, the Lake Survey was distributing 123 different charts. The SuperiorShoal was discovered. Funding shrunk at the onset of the Great Depression...
Australia. On 11 June 1770 Cook's ship, HMS Endeavour, ran aground on a shoal south of the present-day location of Cooktown, requiring seven weeks to...
June 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place near the Gabbard shoal off the coast of Suffolk, England, between fleets of the Commonwealth of...
Atlantic Superior was a self-unloading bulk carrier owned and operated by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL). The ship was constructed in 1981, launching in...
shoals. The conditions in which shoaling occurs, the individuals who comprise the shoal, and the size of the shoal are all highly variable. Shoaling can...
frequent, often presenting downloadable wallpaper or a small game. The Superior Defender Gundam Force website has a game in which players take the role...
as well as further-out sites including Gato Island, Monad Shoal, and Kemod Shoal. Monad Shoal is an underwater plateau where thresher sharks and manta...
Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife. Regulations covering the Molokini Shoal MLCD (see History above) prohibit fishing, collection or removal of specimens...
and unusual nudibranchs. Monad Shoal – a 20-metre-deep (66 ft) seamount known for its thresher sharks, making the shoal popular for recreational divers...
Lake Superior". CBS News via MSN. Retrieved 12 February 2023. Ables, Kelsey (13 February 2024). "A 1940 shipwreck was discovered in Lake Superior. Its...
Devil's Teeth Islands, in reference to the many treacherous underwater shoals in their vicinity. The islands lie 30 miles (48 km) outside the Golden Gate...
The Aliwal Shoal is a rocky reef which is the remains of an ancient sand dune approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South...
about 75 kilometres (47 mi) east of Nipawin. Shoal Lake Cree Nation is located in Pakwaw Lake, on the Shoal Lake 28A reserve, 92 kilometres (57 mi) east...
miles (8.0 km) away from Rossport, Gunilda ran hard aground onto McGarvey Shoal on the north side of Copper Island. Most of the passengers were taken to...
46°44′09″N 92°05′26″W / 46.735868°N 92.090511°W / 46.735868; -92.090511 The Superior Shipbuilding Company was originally called the American Steel Barge Company...
around the disputed Shoal due to the arrival of the typhoon season. By July 2012, China had erected a barrier to the entrance of the shoal, and that vessels...
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coordinates) Graveyard of the Great Lakes List of shipwrecks of western Lake Superior List of Great Lakes shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places...
from the interface. On July 14, 2015, the Chinese name for Scarborough Shoal was removed after a petition from the Philippines was posted on Change.org...
declined to charge Lewis. December 29, 2011 Willie Ray Banks 52 Granite Shoals, Texas Police responded to a report of Banks behaving strangely. Officers...
vessels around Scarborough Shoal, China informed the Philippines that Chinese coast guard vessels will remain permanently on the shoal as an integral part of...
Cedar Shoals High School is an American high school established in 1972 in Athens, Georgia, in the Clarke County School District. It and Clarke Central...
the edge of the shoals that surrounded the island. The line stretched southeast, with the centre bowed seawards away from the shoal. The French ships...
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