{"id":15999,"date":"2023-10-18T07:10:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T01:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15999"},"modified":"2025-04-03T21:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:10:48","slug":"gulf-of-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gulf-of-guinea\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Gulf of Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Gulf of Guinea:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the\u00a0northeasternmost portion of the tropical\u00a0Atlantic Ocean, located off the\u00a0western coast of the African continent.<\/li>\n<li>It is found at the\u00a0junction of the Prime Meridian and\u00a0the Equator at 0\u00b00\u2019N and 0\u00b00\u2019E.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The area covers\u00a02.3 million square kilometers, with approximately\u00a06,000 kilometers of coastline.<\/li>\n<li>It has a\u00a0narrow continental shelf.<\/li>\n<li>It has\u00a0warm tropical waters with\u00a0relatively low salinity\u00a0because of the\u00a0rivers that drain into it\u00a0and also due to the\u00a0high rainfall in the region.<\/li>\n<li>Its\u00a0major tributaries are the\u00a0Volta and Niger rivers.<\/li>\n<li>Coastline:\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a016 coastal countries that are\u00a0situated\u00a0along the Gulf of Guinea\u00a0are Angola,\u00a0Benin,\u00a0Cameroon, Cote d&#8217;Ivoire,\u00a0Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo,\u00a0Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon,\u00a0Nigeria, Ghana, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Principe, Togo, and\u00a0Sierra Leone.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0coastal region of the Gulf\u00a0is mostly low-lying and is\u00a0interspersed with mangrove swamps, marshes, and lagoons.<\/li>\n<li>The coastline of the Gulf of Guinea is\u00a0remarkably similar to the continental margin of South America (that runs from Brazil to the Guianas), thus\u00a0establishing a clear confirmation of the theory of continental drift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Gulf of Guinea region accounts for more than\u00a035% of the world\u2019s total petroleum reserves.<\/li>\n<li>It is one of the world\u2019s\u00a0most dangerous gulfs because of the\u00a0widespread piracy that has severely affected many countries in West Africa, along with other international countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is INS Sumedha?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the\u00a0third ship of the\u00a0indigenously built Saryu-class Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPV).<\/li>\n<li>It was indigenously\u00a0designed and built by Goa Shipyard Limited.<\/li>\n<li>It was\u00a0commissioned into the Indian Navy\u00a0on March 7, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0part of the Indian\u00a0Navy&#8217;s Eastern Fleet,\u00a0based in Visakhapatnam.<\/li>\n<li>Primary Functions: To undertake EEZ surveillance, anti-piracy patrols, fleet support operations, provide maritime security to offshore assets, and carry out\u00a0escort operations for high-value assets.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>It has a\u00a0displacement of 2,230 tonnes and measures\u00a0105 metres in length and\u00a012.9 metres in beam.<\/li>\n<li>It is fitted with a\u00a0state-of-the-art weapon and\u00a0sensor package.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0can carry an Advanced Light Combat Helicopter onboard.<\/li>\n<li>The ship is\u00a0propelled by two diesel engines, the largest of their kind ever deployed in the Indian Navy, which allow it to reach a top speed of 25 knots.<\/li>\n<li>With a\u00a0range of 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km)\u00a0at 16 knots (30 km\/h), the offshore patrol vessel is suitable for extended missions and operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is continental shelf?<\/h3>\n<p>A continental shelf is the edge of a continent lying beneath the ocean. This shelf extends from the coastline of a continent to a drop off point called the shelf break. The shelf break is where the underwater edge of a continent shelf begins to rapidly slope downwards towards the ocean floor depths. From the break, the shelf descends into the deep ocean floor in the form of a continental slope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/world\/others\/ins-sumedha-strengthens-diplomatic-ties-with-port-visit-to-nigerias-lagos20231018035031\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>INS Sumedha strengthens diplomatic ties with port visit to Nigeria&#8217;s Lagos<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost portion of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, located off the western coast of the African continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}