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surrounded by a narrow shelf that reaches a depth of up to 40 meters (130 ft). Past the shelf, the slope becomes almost vertical and depth quickly increases to 4,000 meters (13,000 ft). San
Salvador Island experiences a semidiurnal tide, with two high tides and two low tides per day. Water
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Arriving on 12 October 1492, he described the
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are scattered in the periphery. San
Salvador is also known for the quick dropoff of the submerged platform of the island, allowing for numerous deep dive sites. The western coast has many wall reefs with steep drop offs, while the northern coast has many shallow barrier reefs, particularly
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Salvador can range from 23 to 29 °C (73 to 84 °F) depending on the location and time of year. Salinity and dissolved oxygen are consistent throughout the island and throughout the year (35 ppt and 6.0% respectively).
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Atlantic Ocean can be found on the east coast in the form of trash and debris on the beaches. During
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who settled it in the 17th century. The name was used officially from the 1680s until 1926. It is still used unofficially in discussions of the actual location of
Columbus's first landfall.
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went down approximately 50 miles east of San
Salvador. Several weeks later, pieces of the containers that had been swept away by the current were reported on the beaches of San Salvador.
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for a used leather strap. Despite their general intelligence, the
Guanahamian slaves considered him sent from the heavens and secured him welcome at every island he visited.
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is located on the island south of Dixon Hill
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as their Highnesses shall command to be shipped". Earlier in the same letter, Columbus had explained that the Lucayans were
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in thanks for his fleet's safe arrival in what he thought was
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is near the main town and resort. Fossilized staghorn coral (
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Station San Salvador under construction in the late 1950s
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The Landfall of Columbus on His First Voyage to America
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720:in 2015. Floyd in particular caused considerable
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1781:(1871), "The Landfall of Christopher Columbus",
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1918:Stark's History and Guide to the Bahama Islands
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1881:Phillips, William D. Jr.; et al. (1992),
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1831:"The Cruise of Columbus in the Bahamas, 1492"
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1899:, Oxford: Oxford University Press
1798:, Boston: Little, Brown, & Co
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