Marpi Reef

Marpi Reef
Marpi Reef
	Location within Pacific Ocean
Location
Location	Northern Mariana Islands, United States
Coordinates	15°25′30″N 145°51′00″E / 15.425°N 145.85°E / 15.425; 145.85

Marpi Reef or Marpi Bank is a narrow seamount lies 28 km (17 mi) north of Saipan. With length of 9 km (5.6 mi) and 4 km (2.5 mi) in width, the reef is generally similar to the Tatsumi Reef south of Tinian in terms of orientation in a northeast to southwest. The peak of the seamount is at 26 fathoms or 53 m under water surfaces.

It is one of fishing points in the region, and various cetaceans (whales and dolphins) migrate and live in the waters including humpback whales.¹²

References

NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. 2017. A Whale of a Week in Saipan: Dispatches from the Field. Retrieved on March 27, 2017
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. 2014. Cetacean Surveys of the Southern Mariana Islands: Saipan, Tinian, and Aguijan (May 30-June 14, 2014). Retrieved on March 27, 2017

External links

Saipan Island (& Marpi Bank) - the Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center

[1] NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. 2017. A Whale of a Week in Saipan: Dispatches from the Field. Retrieved on March 27, 2017

[2] NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. 2014. Cetacean Surveys of the Southern Mariana Islands: Saipan, Tinian, and Aguijan (May 30-June 14, 2014). Retrieved on March 27, 2017

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