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  2. Gulf of Mannar - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Mannar is known for its pearl banks of Pinctada radiata and Pinctada fucata for at least 2,000 years. Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) praised the pearl fishery of the gulf as one of the most productive in the world. [7] [8] [9] Although extraction of natural pearls is considered too expensive in most parts of the world, it is still ...

  3. Laccadive Sea - Wikipedia

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    Pearl fishing in the Gulf of Mannar, ca. 1926. The Gulf of Mannar is known for its pearl banks of Pinctada radiata and Pinctada fucata for at least two thousand years. Pliny the Elder (23–79) praised the pearl fishery of the gulf as the most productive in the world. [6] [7] Although extraction of natural pearls is considered too expensive in ...

  4. Pearl hunting - Wikipedia

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    Pearl hunting, also known as pearl fishing or pearling, is the activity of recovering or attempting to recover pearls from wild molluscs, usually oysters or mussels, in the sea or freshwater. Pearl hunting was prevalent in India and Japan for thousands of years.

  5. Google Maps now shows Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America ... - AOL

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    The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of President Trump's controversial executive order to rename the body of water.

  6. Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park is a protected area of India consisting of 21 small islands and adjacent coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar in the Indian Ocean. It lies 1 to 10 km away from the east coast of Tamil Nadu , India for 160 km between Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) and Dhanushkodi .

  7. Anaipaar Island - Wikipedia

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    Anaipaar island is 70 km from Thoothukudi port and 13 km from the lower shore. It is an uninhabited island having an area of 0.126523 sq.km. It is a part of 21 islands of Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere.

  8. Adam's Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Historical map of Adam's Bridge and environs, before the cyclone of 1964 Pearl fishing in the Gulf of Mannar, c. 1926. In the vicinity of Adam's Bridge/Rama Setu, the water is typically only 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) deep. [5] Due to the shallow waters, Adam's Bridge presents a formidable hindrance to navigation through the Palk Strait.

  9. List of lakes of Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Fayette County Lake is a 60-acre (240,000 m 2) lake located 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Fayette off County Road 26. Fayette County is a prohibition or dry county.; Lamar County Lake is a 68-acre (280,000 m 2) lake located 8 miles (13 km) west of Vernon on Alabama State Route 18, then 5 miles (8 km) north off County Road 21.