Stellwagen Bank

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marine habitat submarine bank underwater plateau

Stellwagen Bank is a shallow underwater plateau in the Gulf of Maine renowned as a rich marine habitat and premier whale-watching area within the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

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Surface form Occurrences
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine habitat ⓘ
submarine bank ⓘ
underwater plateau ⓘ
adjacentTo Cape Cod Bay ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
conservationStatus protected within a national marine sanctuary ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
depthCharacteristic shallow ⓘ
discoveredBy Henry Stellwagen ⓘ
ecosystemType temperate marine ecosystem ⓘ
featureType submerged glacial deposit ⓘ
governingBody NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
habitatFor Atlantic white-sided dolphin ⓘ
North Atlantic right whale ⓘ
cod ⓘ
fin whale ⓘ
flounder ⓘ
groundfish ⓘ
haddock ⓘ
harbor porpoise ⓘ
humpback whale ⓘ
minke whale ⓘ
sand lance ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
knownFor feeding grounds for whales ⓘ
important fishing grounds ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
whale watching ⓘ
locatedIn Gulf of Maine ⓘ
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization area ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Atlantic Ocean

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

off the coast of Massachusetts ⓘ
managementObjective conservation of marine resources ⓘ
protection of marine mammals ⓘ
marineEcoregion Gulf of Maine ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Maine-Bay of Fundy
namedAfter Henry Stellwagen ⓘ
nearestState Massachusetts ⓘ
oceanographicFeature high primary productivity area ⓘ
upwelling area ⓘ
partOf Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
threat fishing gear entanglement ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ
noise pollution ⓘ
ship strikes on whales ⓘ
usedFor commercial fishing ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
whale-watching tourism ⓘ

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Massachusetts Bay → adjacentTo → Stellwagen Bank ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay → contains → Stellwagen Bank ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Henry Stellwagen → honoredBy → Stellwagen Bank ⓘ
Henry Stellwagen → nameGivenTo → Stellwagen Bank ⓘ