GALWAY, Ireland, May 26 (UPI) -- Irish scientists say they have discovered a major coral reef off Ireland's west coast covering approximately 77 square miles in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Researchers from the National University of Ireland and the French Institute of Research for the Exploitation of the Sea, led by NUI marine ecologist Anthony Grehan, said the reef includes about 40 carbonate mounts, some rising as high as 328 feet above the sea floor.