Tongue of the Ocean

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Tongue of the Ocean is a deep, U-shaped submarine trench in the Bahamas known for its steep walls, great depth, and use as a site for underwater acoustic research.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tongue of the Ocean canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine trench ⓘ
underwater canyon ⓘ
abbreviation TOTO ⓘ
belongsTo Bahamas archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Lucayan Archipelago
borderedBy Andros Island ⓘ
Exuma Sound ⓘ
linked to: Exuma

New Providence Island ⓘ
connectedTo Northwest Providence Channel ⓘ
country Bahamas ⓘ
ecosystemType deep-sea marine habitat ⓘ
geologicalSetting carbonate platform margin ⓘ
hasAcousticProperty long-range sound propagation ⓘ
low ambient noise levels ⓘ
hasBathymetry steep drop from shallow banks to deep basin ⓘ
hasBiota deep-water fish species ⓘ
pelagic organisms ⓘ
hasCurrentType weak bottom currents ⓘ
hasFeature relatively flat bottom ⓘ
sheltered acoustic environment ⓘ
hasHazard steep submarine slopes ⓘ
hasImportance important site for oceanographic research ⓘ
strategic naval testing area ⓘ
hasProperty acoustically isolated from open ocean ⓘ
deep-water basin ⓘ
steep-sided ⓘ
hasResearchFacility U.S. Navy Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center ⓘ
hasSedimentType carbonate sediments ⓘ
hasSlopeFeature escarpment walls ⓘ
hasWaterType clear oligotrophic waters ⓘ
length approximately 240 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bahama Banks ⓘ
locatedOnSideOf eastern side of Andros Island ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 2000 meters ⓘ
near Nassau ⓘ
notableFor great depth ⓘ
steep walls ⓘ
underwater acoustic research ⓘ
oceanBasin North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
partOf Great Bahama Canyon system ⓘ
region Caribbean region ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean
separates Andros Island ⓘ
New Providence Island ⓘ
shape U-shaped ⓘ
usedFor naval research ⓘ
underwater acoustic testing ⓘ
width approximately 30 kilometers at its widest ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bahama Banks → borderedBy → Tongue of the Ocean ⓘ
North and South Marine Parks → adjacentTo → Tongue of the Ocean ⓘ
Central Andros → hasCoastlineOn → Tongue of the Ocean ⓘ
South Andros → hasCoastlineOn → Tongue of the Ocean ⓘ
Tongue of the Ocean margins → locatedIn → Tongue of the Ocean ⓘ
Great Bahama Canyon system → hasPart → Tongue of the Ocean ⓘ
TOTO → standsFor → Tongue of the Ocean ⓘ