Parcel das Paredes

Parcel das Paredes is a large submerged bank in Brazil with an area of about 200 km2.[1] It is a coralline structure located in the Atlantic Ocean off the shore near Caravelas, Bahia State.[2]

Parcel das Paredes
Submerged bank
Parcel das Paredes (South Atlantic)
SeaAtlantic Ocean
AreaAbrolhos Reef Complex
CountryBrazil
Area
 • Total200 km2 (80 sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialPortuguese

Geography

The Parcel das Paredes lies about 30 km east of the continental shore. Although the reef is submerged, parts of it lie above water at low tide. It is a dangerous area for navigation, but an excellent fishing and scuba-diving ground.[3] The Abrolhos Archipelago lies 35 km further to the east and this Parcel is part of the same structure. The maximum tide amplitude in the reef area is approximately 1.7 m.[4][5]

Together with the Timbebas Reef located about 40 km to the north of the Parcel das Paredes, as well as the Sebastiao Gomes Reef, Coroa Vermelha Reef and the Viçosa Reef to the southwest, all these reefs are part of the National Marine Park of Abrolhos (NMPA).[6]

See also

References
  1. Coral Reefs of the World - Abrolhos Archipelago
  2. Coral community structure and sedimentation at different distances from the coast of the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil, Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, ISSN 1982-436X, vol.59 no.2, São Paulo 2011
  3. Enroute Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 East Coast of South America, p. 63
  4. Diseases leading to accelerated decline of reef corals in the largest South Atlantic reef complex (Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil)
  5. Edward J. Petuch, Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks, p. 157
  6. Francini-Filho, RB; Coni, EO; Meirelles, PM; Amado-Filho, GM; Thompson, FL; Pereira-Filho, GH; Bastos, AC; Abrantes, DP; Ferreira, CM; Gibran, FZ; Güth, AZ; Sumida, PY; Oliveira, NL; Kaufman, L; Minte-Vera, CV; Moura, RL (2013). "Dynamics of coral reef benthic assemblages of the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil: inferences on natural and anthropogenic drivers". PLOS One. 8 (1): e54260. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054260. PMC 3554776. PMID 23365655.


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