Acadia National Park
Beneath the ocean's surface lies a rugged seafloor much like the mountainous terrain around you. Over the last two million years, a series of glaciers scoured and shaped this land. The last of these icy bulldozers left a mound of rocky debris - a glacial moraine - 360 miles out to sea.Today this submerged moraine influences Atlantic Ocean currents by deflecting warm water from the south and circulating colder currents from the north. As a result, the Gulf of Maine contains remarkably cool, oxygen-rich water - the perfect recipe for a productive marine habitat.Plankton (the round form above) thrive in the Gulf of Maine and attract a host of animals that feed upon them. The green ribbon is a micro-plastic filament, a tiny fragment of trash. Over time, this debris enters the food chain and becomes widespread throughout the ocean, poisoning or clogging the digestion of marine organisms.| HM Number | HM20FT |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | National Park Service |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, August 5th, 2017 at 4:01pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 564689 N 4907829 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 44.32085000, -68.18875000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 19.251', W 68° 11.325' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 19' 15.06" N, 68° 11' 19.5" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 207 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near Ocean Path, Bar Harbor ME 04609, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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