As in the Gulf, the oil deposits were created during a period of flourishing plant life 80 million years ago, when rivers draining Africa and South America dumped sediments into the narrow and shallow sea then separating the two continents.
Nan Madol comprises a set of almost 100 stone and coral fill platforms or artificial islets separated by narrow channels and enclosed by an outer sea wall.
After quick introductions, cooler-loading, and total-body sunscreen application, we were idling out of the narrow channel from Treasure Cay Marina to the open waters of the Abaco Sea.
Trieste is in a geographic cul-de-sac, with the Adriatic Sea to the south and west, Slovenia to the east and a narrow strip of land connecting it to the rest of Italy.