Umpqua II
USA /
California /
Del Monte Forest /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Del Monte Forest
shipwreck, barge
During a recent expedition to map earthquake faults in Monterey Bay, MBARI researchers discovered the wreck of a barge on the muddy seafloor in Monterey Canyon. The barge Umpqua II was about 1,700 meters (one mile) below the ocean surface.
Link to a report on the wreck find from the 2014 survey of the Monterrey Canyon system
www.mbari.org/news/homepage/2014/umpqua/umpqua.html
** Had to delete and re-create this to correct its location
Link to a report on the wreck find from the 2014 survey of the Monterrey Canyon system
www.mbari.org/news/homepage/2014/umpqua/umpqua.html
** Had to delete and re-create this to correct its location
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°42'47"N 122°8'20"W
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- Sunken Harbor 623 km
- Wreck of USS Magnet (ADG-9) 733 km
- Oaxaca (shipwreck) 2609 km
- Sultana Disaster 2877 km
- SS Aleutian shipwreck 3277 km
- Wreck of Japanese Submarine I-401 3876 km
- Wreck of USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) 3961 km
- Wreck of USS Nevada (BB-36) 3966 km
- Wreck of USS Badger (FF-1071) 3986 km
- Monterey Bay Canyon 10 km
- Sunken Shipping Container 11 km
- epicenter of m2.6 quake 12 km
- Monterey Bay 18 km