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Gulf of Mexico

1 He followed the coastal land mass of central America before returning to the ________ via the Straits of Florida between Florida and Cuba.

2 A 6.0 tremor was recorded on September 10, 2006, 250 miles (400 km) off the coast of ________ which caused no damage, but could be felt throughout the Southeastern United States.

3 Campeche Bank, which extends from the Yucatan Straits in the east to the ________–Campeche Basin in the west and includes Arrecife Alacran.

4 In 1697, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville sailed for ________ and was chosen by the Minister of Marine to lead an expedition to rediscover the mouth of the Mississippi River and to colonize Louisiana which the English coveted.

5 Northwest Gulf of Mexico, which extends from ________ to the U.S.-Mexico border.

6 ________ are also harvested on a large scale from many of the bays and sounds.

7 [6] The Gulf's southwestern and southern shores lie along the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, ________, Yucatán, and the northernmost tip of Quintana Roo.

8 Although ________ was credited with the discovery of the Americas by Europeans, the ships in his four voyages never reached the Gulf of Mexico.

9 There are frequent "________" algae blooms[11] that kill fish and marine mammals and cause respiratory problems in humans and some domestic animals when the blooms reach close to shore.

10 On December 11, 1526, Charles V granted Pánfilo de Narváez a license to claim what is now the ________, known as the Narváez expedition.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • a scrapped demolition proposal for the Baytown Tunnel in Baytown, Texas would have utilized former pieces of its structure in the creation of an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico?
  • although Mackerel scad are found from Nova Scotia to Rio de Janeiro, they do not seem common in the Gulf of Mexico?
  • although Spottail pinfish are known from both south Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, there are no confirmed reports of them from the West Indies?
  • at Traverse Gap, a valley in Minnesota and South Dakota, water originating in the watershed of the Gulf of Mexico can flood across the continental divide into the watershed of Hudson Bay?
  • Takalik Abaj, an archaeological site in lowland Guatemala, has one of the greatest concentrations of Olmec-style sculpture outside of the Gulf of Mexico coast?
  • Hurricane Henri of 1979 was only one of four tropical cyclones in the 20th century to enter the Gulf of Mexico and not make landfall?
  • Rollover Pass, which connects East Bay with the Gulf of Mexico, was named after the practice of rolling exports and imports to avoid Customs during Spanish rule?
  • Christopher O. Ward, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, worked on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico before attending Harvard Divinity School?
  • Hurricane Flossy was the first tropical cyclone to significantly impact oil refining in the Gulf of Mexico?
  • artifacts discovered at Mound Bottom, Tennessee show that the site was part of a vast Native American trading network extending to the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Appalachian Mountains during the Mississippian era?
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