Plantagenet Bank
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The Plantagenet Bank is an under-sea feature in the Atlantic Ocean about southwest of Bermuda. The site was the home of the
Argus Island Argus Island was an acoustic research tower and platform located on Plantagenet Bank, a guyot about 30 miles southwest of the island of Bermuda. The tower was originally part of the facilities supporting Project Artemis and Project Trident under ...
research tower until May of 1976. The tower hosted several oceanographic research studies in the area focusing on currents. The bank has significant carbonate deposits. It was studied in the early 1960s for its magnetic deviations which contribute to the lore of the
Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an urban legend focused on a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterio ...
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* {{Marine-geo-stub Undersea banks of the Atlantic Ocean