Gulf of Guinea - Bight of Benin, Bight of Bonny, Equatorial Guinea - Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty, Cameroon Line, Ambas Bay (Paperback)

Chapters: Bight of Benin, Bight of Bonny, Equatorial Guinea - Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty, Cameroon Line, Ambas Bay. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Map of the Gulf of Guinea, showing the chain of islands formed by the Cameroon line of volcanoes.The Gulf of Guinea is the part of the Atlantic Ocean west of Africa. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian (zero degrees latitude and longitude) is in the gulf. Among the many rivers that drain into the Gulf of Guinea are the Niger and the Volta. The coastline on the gulf includes the Bight of Benin and the Bight of Bonny. The Niger River in particular deposited organic sediments out to sea over millions of years which became crude oil. The Gulf of Guinea region, along with the Congo River delta and Angola further south, are expected to provide around a quarter of the United States' oil imports by 2015. This region is now regarded as one of the world's top oil and gas exploration hotspots. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the southwest extent of the Gulf of Guinea as "A line running Southeastward from Cape Palmas in Liberia to Cape Lopez ( )". Annobn, also known as Pagalu or Pigalu, is an island that is part of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. So Tom and Prncipe officially the Democratic Republic of So Tom and Prncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Africa comprised of two islands, So Tom and Prncipe. They are located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) apart and about 250 and 225 kilometres (155 and 140 mi), respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon. Both islands are p...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=42548