Article 6HZZQ Largest known deep-sea coral reef mapped off US Atlantic coast

Largest known deep-sea coral reef mapped off US Atlantic coast

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Reef, which extends for 310 miles from Florida to South Carolina and at some points is 68 miles wide, called breathtaking in scale'

Scientists have mapped the largest known deep-sea coral reef, stretching hundreds of miles off the US Atlantic coast.

While researchers have known since the 1960s that coral is present off the Atlantic, the reef's size remained a mystery until new underwater mapping technology made it possible to construct 3D images of the ocean floor.

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