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One Lump or Two?
Northern Gulf of Mexico salt domes create vast fishing hot spots.
Sep 10, 2007
By John Felsher (More articles by this author)
 

Prominent Lump Locations
(from east to west)


Midnight Lump (Sackett Bank): 28.63 degrees N, 89.56 degrees W
Diaphus Bank: 28.09 degrees N, 90.71 degrees W
Candy Mountain (Sonnier Bank): 28.30 degrees N, 92.45 degrees W
Picket Fence (most prominent peaks): 27.55.439 degrees N,
 92.22.562 degrees W; 27.55.201 degrees N,
 92.22.411 degrees W; 27.52.486 degrees N,
 92.21.192 degrees W; 27.49.827 degrees N,
 92.18.370 degrees W
Rankin Bank: 27.90 degrees N, 93.45 degrees W
East Flower Garden Bank: 27.90 degrees N, 93.60 degrees W
West Flower Garden Bank: 27.83 degrees N, 93.83 degrees W
Claypile Bank: 28.20 degrees N, 94.10 degrees W
Stetson Bank: 28 degrees N, 94.28 degrees W

For Gulf and seafloor maps, visit:
http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/regional/contusa or
www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/tools/mapping/media/gis_gulf.html.

For more information on the Gulf of Mexico, go to www.gulfbase.org.


 

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