Glen Island
- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1880, USA, as City of Richmond
- Specs:
- ( 239 x 36 ft ) 615 gross tons, 31 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Saturday December 17, 1904
fire - 9 casualties - Depth:
- 15 ft
outline of wooden hull, paddlewheel
With rare exceptions, scuba diving is a bottom-fixated activity. In the region covered in this website, one may encounter many different bottom types, from rocky pinnacles around Block Island to white sands off Cape May to mud and oyster beds in any estuary. This variation is far greater and more interesting than is found in the tropics. Here is some explanation of what bottom compositions are found where and why:
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