- KUALA LUMPUR (PTI) - The
northern section of one of the world's busiest shipping channels, the Straits
of Malacca, may have had its draught altered by several metres in the aftermath
of the December 26 sub-sea earthquake, according to reports.
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- The reports said water depths in parts of the Straits
of Malacca could have dropped from 4000 feet before the quake to as low
as 100 feet.
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- Thousands of navigational aides, such as buoys held in
place by mushroom-shaped anchors were carried off to new locations by 50-100-foot
waves following the quake, a report in shipping journal Portsworld quoted
by the Star newspaper said.
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- According to the US-based National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency it may take months if not years to re-chart altered coastlines throughout
the region.
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- Old shipwrecks marked on charts had been relocated, joined
by new wrecks that would have to be salvaged, moved or charted, Portsworld
said.
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- The US agency, which analyses spy satellite imagery and
produces maps and charts for the Defence department, has received an unconfirmed
report that one area of the Straits of Malacca, which separates peninsular
Malaysia from the Indonesian island of Sumatra had its depth cut from 4060
feet to 105 feet, the Star said.
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- In another area of tsunami-affected waters, a merchant
marine ship had logged that the depth was cut fromn 3855 feet to just 92
feet, the Star said.
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- The US Navy would be sending two ships to begin efforts
to re-chart the waters, it said.
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- http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200501121314.htm
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- US Sub May Have Hit New Undersea Mountain
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- From http://home.att.net/~thehessians/disasterwatch.html
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- The nuclear-powered U.S. submarine that ran aground in
the Pacific last week near GUAM, killing a sailor and injuring 23 others,
ran into an undersea mountain that was not on the navy's charts.
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- *The northern section of one of the world's busiest shipping
channels, the Straits of Malacca, may have had its draught altered by several
metres in the aftermath of the December 26 sub-sea earthquake, according
to reports.
-
- The reports said water depths in parts of the Straits
of Malacca could have dropped from 4000 feet before the quake to as low
as 100 feet. It may take months if not years to re-chart altered coastlines
throughout the region.
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