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    The Agulhas Bank (/əˈɡʌləs/, from Portuguese for Cape Agulhas, Cabo das Agulhas, "Cape of Needles") is a broad, shallow part of the southern African continental...
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    these pulses moves along the coast on the Agulhas Bank, they tend to pinch off Agulhas rings from the Agulhas Current. Such a ring shedding can be triggered...
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    Cape Agulhas (/əˈɡʊljəs/; Portuguese: Cabo das Agulhas [ˈkaβu ðɐz ɐˈɣuʎɐʃ], "Cape of Needles") is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. It is...
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    Africa. During the latest glacial stages, the now-submerged plains of the Agulhas Bank were exposed above sea level, extending the South African coastline farther...
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  • Cape Agulhas National Park, a national park protecting areas around Cape Agulhas The Agulhas Bank, an area of ocean south of the Cape The Agulhas Current...
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    the formation of the Agulhas Basin. The Agulhas Ridge extends from the northern tip of the Meteor Rise towards the Agulhas Bank south of South Africa...
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  • The Agulhas Bank Complex Marine Protected Area is an offshore marine protected area on the continental shelf lying approximately 39 nautical miles southeast...
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    zone between the Benguela and Agulhas currents, which separates their fish communities. This line divides the Agulhas bank into a western part which is...
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    Southern African pilchard Sardinops sagax – spawn in the cool waters of the Agulhas Bank and move northward along the east coast of South Africa. Their sheer...
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    Banks of Newfoundland (280,000 km2) - terrigenous bank Agulhas Bank (116,000 km2) Great Bahama Bank (95,798.12 km2, has islands, area without islands)...
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    are different spawning strategies for the western Agulhas Bank and the West Coast. On the Agulhas Bank, spawning is initiated by a decrease in sea surface...
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    on the south-eastern edge of the Agulhas Bank south of Africa in the Pliocene or more recently. This so-called Agulhas Slump is 750 km (470 mi) long, 106 km...
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    two or three years. Adult sardines, about two years old, mass on the Agulhas Bank where they spawn during spring and summer, releasing tens of thousands...
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    African east-coast and the Agulhas Bank before retroflecting eastward across the Agulhas Plateau into the Indian Ocean. The Agulhas Current, the western boundary...
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    Municipality changed its name to The Cape Agulhas Municipality (CAM). Agulhas is the plural form of “agulha” in Portuguese. It is derived from the Late...
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    The Agulhas National Park is a South African national park located in the Agulhas Plain in the southern Overberg region of the Western Cape, about 200...
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    False Bay (redirect from Rocky Bank)
    inshore Agulhas marine ecoregion which extends from Cape Point to the Mbashe river over the continental shelf, in the overlap zone between Cape Agulhas and...
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    The Agulhas Passage is an abyssal channel located south of South Africa between the Agulhas Bank and Agulhas Plateau. About 50 km (31 mi) wide, it connects...
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    maturity is attained at around 4 or 5 years old. They spawn mainly at the Agulhas Bank and spawning occurs throughout the year. The panga is an important species...
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    two or three years. Adult sardines, about two years old, mass on the Agulhas Bank where they spawn during spring and summer, releasing tens of thousands...
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    South America, close to Cape Horn, leaving behind only the submarine Agulhas Bank along the southern coastline of Africa. The Cape Fold Mountains possibly...
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    at the Agulhas Bank on the path of the Agulhas current, and far from other warm temperate regions. This region is largely bypassed by the Agulhas current...
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    The Agulhas Current follows the continental shelf of the African east-coast, pass through the Agulhas Passage until it leaves the Agulhas Bank and reaches...
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    vagrant individual of unconfirmed origin was sighted on South Africa's Agulhas Bank, a location 4,200 km (2,600 mi) from the Kerguelen Islands and 6,300 km...
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    Southern African pilchard Sardinops sagax) spawn in the cool waters of the Agulhas Bank and move northward along the east coast of South Africa. This great fish...
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    hermaphroditic. They spawn from October to January, peaking in December at the Agulhas Bank. Males have a very low gonadosomatic index (GSI) of 1.6% and this suggests...
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    humpback dolphin. The bay falls within the Agulhas Bank ecoregion (bioregion), specifically within the Agulhas inshore ecozone. There has been a long history...
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    from June to October) along the continental shelf break of the western Agulhas bank and the South African west coast, at a depth of between 150 and 400 m...
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    "Food habits of some deep-sea fish off South Africa's west coast and Agulhas Bank. 1. The grenadiers (Teleostei: Macrouridae)". African Journal of Marine...
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    Southern African pilchard Sardinops sagax spawn in the cold waters of the Agulhas Bank and move northward along the east coast of South Africa between May and...
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