31°59′00″N 65°11′00″W / 31.983333°N 65.183333°W
The Plantagenet Bank is an under-sea feature in the Atlantic Ocean about 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest of Bermuda.[1][2][3]
The site was the home of the Argus Island research tower until May of 1976.[4] The tower hosted several oceanographic research studies in the area focusing on currents.[5][6]
The bank has significant carbonate deposits.[7] It was studied in the early 1960s for its magnetic deviations which contribute to the lore of the Bermuda Triangle.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Marine Regions · Plantagenet Bank (Bank)". Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "Plantagenet Bank: Undersea Features". geographic.org. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ a b Young, G A; Kontis, Angelo L (January 1964). A study of aeromagnetic component data Plantagenet Bank. United States. Naval Oceanographic Office. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.47284. OCLC 34664784. S2CID 73697680.
- ^ Flato 1976, p. 10.
- ^ Bruce, John G (1961-06-01). "Current Studies off Plantagenet Bank". Defense Technical Information Center. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ Rossby, H.Thomas (August 1969). "A vertical profile of currents near Plantagenet Bank". Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 16 (4): 377–385. Bibcode:1969DSRA...16..377T. doi:10.1016/0011-7471(69)90005-9.
- ^ Gross, M Grant (1965). "Carbonate Deposits on Plantagenet Bank near Bermuda". GSA Bulletin. 76 (11): 1283–1290. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[1283:CDOPBN]2.0.CO;2.
Bibliography edit
- Flato, Matthew (1976). Argus Island Tower 1960 to 1976 (PDF). Washington: Naval Research Laboratory. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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