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1. This island, only about 10 square miles in total, boasts the famous "Bloody Bay Wall" whose depths drop to 6,000 feet.
2. Bikini Atoll is known as a shipwreck heaven. It was used as an atomic test site in the 1950s. It is located between Australia and Hawaii in what Pacific islands?
3. What country is famous amongst divers for the largest Blue Hole (sink hole) in the world, measuring 1,000 feet in diameter and reaching 440 feet in depth?
4. Made famous by Charles Darwin, which islands off Ecuador are home to many large pelagic creatures, including whales, sharks, rays, sea lions and even swimming iguanas?
5. Truk Lagoon, a location known for its large amount of shipwrecks (mostly casualties of battle from the Second World War), has around 50 different wrecks, many of which still containing live munitions. What sub region of Oceania contains the small island of Truk?
6. Located in the Rangiroa Atoll, Tiputa Pass is home to black-tip, white-tip, lemon, nurse sharks and approximately 500 grey reef sharks at any one time. What southern Pacific island is home to this dive site?
7. This coral reef is located off South Africa at the meeting point of the Benguela current and Agulhas current. It is named after a sunken three-masted vessel. Also, a good site to locate the "ragged tooth" shark.
8. This Caribbean Island is home to the famous "Stingray City", where you can get a "hickie" while feeding the very hungry rays straight out of your hand.
9. Virtually undisturbed by humans, this island also known as Kiritimati, is the largest coral atoll in the world at 248 square miles (125 square miles being land) and is located in the Indian Ocean.
10. "The Christ of the Abyss", a statue donated to the Underwater Society of America, is a nine foot tall statue located in what Florida Key?
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