这项计划在一定程度上受到另一项科研项目的启发——“大洋一号”于2007年在当时还鲜为人知的西南印度洋脊开展科研活动。
The project is partly inspired by a study carried out aboard a vessel called Dayang Yihao in 2007, of the then little-known Southwest Indian Ridge.
国际海底管理局理事会于今年7月核准了上述申请，中国大洋协会在位于西南印度洋的国际海底区域内，获得1万平方公里勘探矿区。
The ISA Council approved the application in July, 2011, and COMRA will be allowed to explore an area measuring 10,000 sq km in an international seabed region located in the southwestern Indian Ocean.
同样，中国在缅甸和巴基斯坦建设公路、港口、管道，将中国西部和西南部与孟加拉湾和印度洋接通，这又是为了什么？
Equally, what is China doing building roads, ports and pipelines in Myanmar and Pakistan, connecting west and south-west China with the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean?
在过去的25年里，大西洋西北部的锤头鲨减少了83%，而太平洋东部和印度洋西南部则减少了70%。
In the past 25 years, certain hammerhead sharks have declined 83% in the northwest Atlantic and up to 70% in the eastern Pacific and southwest Indian Ocean.
五月底至八月左右，会持续吹起印度洋的西南季风，不利于海盗谋生。
The south-west monsoon begins at the end of May and blows until August or so, making life much harder for pirates.
在印度洋的西南部，距非洲海岸近1800公里的洋面上，坐落着小小的岛国毛里求斯。
Situated in the southwest of the Indian Ocean, nearly 1800 kilometers from the African Coast, is the tiny island of Mauritius.
毛里求斯共和国为非洲东部一岛国，位于印度洋西南方，距马达加斯加约800公里，与非洲大陆相距2，200公里。
Eastern part of the Republic of Mauritius of the African island nation, located in the India Ocean, Southwest, about 800 km from Madagascar, with 2,200 kilometers of the continent.
毛里求斯共和国为非洲东部一岛国，位于印度洋西南方，距马达加斯加约800公里，与非洲大陆相距2，200公里。
Eastern part of the Republic of Mauritius of the African island nation, located in the India Ocean, Southwest, about 800 km from Madagascar, with 2,200 kilometers of the continent.
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