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Astrolabe Reef

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29: 169: 36: 149:. By Sunday, 9 October, a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) oil-slick threatened wildlife and the area's rich fishing waters. By 13 October the ship had started to list and rock in the waves. Over 88 containers, some containing dangerous chemicals, fell into the sea and some washed ashore. The wreck broke in two during stormy weather on 7 January 2012. 152:
An exclusion zone was placed around the wreck during salvage and recovery operations, and this lasted until April 2016, when the reef was re-opened to vessels under 500 tonnes (550 short tons). The reef and the unsalvaged remains of the
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spot that drops off to 37 metres (121 ft) in different parts. The reef was named by
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New Zealand Guide to Select Scuba Diving and Snorkelling Locations:Bay of Plenty
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The Discovery of New Zealand: Chapter 4: Cook To D'Urville
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Great Astrolabe Reef
Map of New Zealand with marker in bay of northern island
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37°33′37″S 176°23′47″E / 37.56039°S 176.396466°E / -37.56039; 176.396466
Mōtītī Island
Tauranga
Bay of Plenty
New Zealand
reef
scuba diving
Jules Dumont d'Urville
Astrolabe
Rena oil spill
MV Rena
ran aground on the reef
New Zealand portal
Lists of shipwrecks
New Zealand Guide to Select Scuba Diving and Snorkelling Locations:Bay of Plenty
Archived
Wayback Machine
The Discovery of New Zealand: Chapter 4: Cook To D'Urville
"New Zealand oil ship leak 'raises questions'"
"Silverlining squandered as Astrolabe reef decimated again after Rena"
"MV Rena Wreck – Plan Your Dive"
Information and photograph of MV Rena
Footage of deep sea fishing on Astrolabe Reef
3D image of Astrolabe Reef
Categories
Landforms of the Bay of Plenty Region
Reefs of New Zealand

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