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The world’s largest deep-sea coral reef, the size of which is comparable to the American state of Vermont, was discovered off the southeastern coast of the United States. It is noted that the darkness-dwelling “ghost” corals probably support a large variety of marine creatures that were not known to exist.
During their research work, the scientists compared data from 31 single sonar mapping probes and 23 underwater vehicles used to create a map of the Blake Plateau, a huge shelf located about 160 kilometers from the U.S. coastline between the states of North Carolina and Florida.
