German Channel
| German Channel | |
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 Satellite image, channel marked in red |
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| location | Southwest of Palau |
| length | 1 km |
| Built | 1908 |
As a German channel an applied towards the end of 1908 channel in the southwestern outer reef of Palau islands called. It connects the area of the Chelbacheb Islands with the southern islands of Palau outside the reef .
The narrow, approximately 1 kilometer long canal owes its name to the activity of the former German colonial rulers who blew a passage into the coral reef at the beginning of the 20th century in order to avoid the transport route from the island of Angaur , located outside the reef, where phosphate was mined. shorten to the northeastern port of Koror .
Today the German Channel is mainly used for tourist purposes, in particular the easy access to popular destinations for scuba divers in the southwestern outer reef of Palau, such as the Blue Corner and the Blue Holes .
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Coordinates: 7 ° 7 ′ 38 ″ N , 134 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ E