Wonders3 - Palau

Title

Palau

Latitude

7.317

Longitude

134.40299

Place

Palau

Geocoding Status

The geocoder found more than one match, and returned the lat/long for the centroid of the best Sovereign match

World_Time

Underwater Wonders

Image_Url

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Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau

Brief

The warm waters of Palau, a small archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, hold perhaps the richest and most biologically diverse coral reefs on the planet. In this "cradle of diversity," marine biologists have recorded 700 species of corals and 1,500 species of

Year_Constructed

Description

Palau's coral reefs began to grow millions of years ago when coral polyps colonized submerged volcanic mountains. The tiny polyps produced a material that cemented them in place. Side by side, they built hard, external skeletons around their soft bodies,

Description_2

One of the greatest underwater shows on earth can be seen at Blue Corner, a part of the archipelago named for the deep blue quality of its water. Here, currents strong enough to rip the mask from a diver's face bring in a healthy supply of plankton, a foo

Tooltips

<img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/Palau.png'> Palau Type: Underwater Wonders Location: Palau Built:

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