To What Geographic Continent do the ABC Islands Belong?

[Walter]

Thanks.

 

[drbill]

Well, I'm willing to take Thal's word over National Geographic if it means I can count Bonaire as South American. About 1/5th the cost of the Galapagos.

Walter, I can't remember seeing the Galapagos considered anything other than a "South American" dive, but it has nothing to do with geologic or geographic affiliations... just political in that case. It should be oceanic.

Of course I could go to the Colombian island of Santa Catalina, which is off Central America but it usually listed as a South American dive site!

Good thing I've dived the California mainland as well as Florida (not to mention the Midwestern quarries in my youth)... I guess all my thousands of dives on Catalina really shouldn't count as "North American" continent dives!

 

[Thalassamania]

To be really sure you'd need to dive somewhere other than the northern shore of South American, all of which is part of the illdefined "Frontal Thrust" zone. Perhaps a beach dive at [SIZE=-1]Ipanema, Brazil?[/SIZE]

 

[drbill]

I think I'd stay above sea level at Ipanema.. plentty of semi-aquatic life to observe and film there. I had a trip to Fernando de Noronha or Abrolhas in mind for my Brazillian diving.

 

[Kim]

Gee Thal....can't you learn to resize images before you post 'em!!!!!

 

[Thalassamania]

Sorry, I was on my laptop without PhotoShop.