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Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
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Ripple Rock
Seamount in the Seymour Narrows, British Columbia, Canada; blown up in 1958
Ripple Rock is an underwater mountain located in the Seymour Narrows of the Discovery Passage in British Columbia, Canada. It had two peaks that produced large, dangerous eddies from the strong tidal currents that flowed around them at low tide. Ships transiting the strait…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Seymour Narrows
Section of Discovery Passage, British Columbia, Canada
Seymour Narrows is a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) section of the Discovery Passage in British Columbia known for strong tidal currents. Discovery Passage lies between Vancouver Island at Menzies Bay, British Columbia and Quadra Island except at its northern end where the eastern…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Country in North America
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline. Its border with…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)