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2. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Wikipedia

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   The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international agreement that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities. As of May 2023, 168 countries and the European Union are parties. The convention resulted from the third ...

3. OceanGate - Wikipedia

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   OceanGate Inc. is an American privately owned company based in Everett, Washington, that provided crewed submersibles for tourism, industry, research, and exploration. The company was founded in 2009 by Stockton Rush and Guillermo Söhnlein . The company acquired a submersible vessel, Antipodes, and later built two of its own: Cyclops 1 and Titan.

4. General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans - Wikipedia

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   The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans ( GEBCO) is a publicly available bathymetric chart of the world's oceans. The project was conceived with the aim of preparing a global series of charts showing the general shape of the seafloor. Over the years it has become a reference map of the bathymetry of the world's oceans for scientists and others.

5. File:Oceans.pdf - Wikipedia

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   File:Oceans.pdf → File:Oceans.svg. ... This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

6. Ocean - Wikipedia

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   The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. [8] In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. [9] The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.

7. Ocean Conservancy - Wikipedia

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   Ocean Conservancy (founded as The Delta Corporation) is a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., United States.The organization seeks to promote healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems, prevent marine pollution, climate change and advocates against practices that threaten oceanic and human life.

8. Oceana (non-profit group) - Wikipedia

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   Website. Oceana.org. Oceana, inc. is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit ocean conservation organization focused on influencing specific policy decisions on the national level to preserve and restore the world's oceans. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in Juneau, Monterey, Fort Lauderdale, New York, Portland, Toronto, Mexico City ...

9. Smithsonian Ocean Portal - Wikipedia

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   Smithsonian Ocean Portal. The Smithsonian Ocean Portal is an educational website created and maintained by the Smithsonian Institution 's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The website features regularly updated, original content from the museum's research, collections, and Sant Ocean Hall as well as content provided by a ...