Tongue of the Ocean - Wikipedia Tongue of the Ocean The Tongue of the Ocean can be seen along the east coast of Andros Island. The top of this picture is slightly east of north. Photo : NASA. The Tongue of the Ocean ( TOTO ) is the name of a deep oceanic trench in the Bahamas separating the islands of Andros and New Providence. Features The TOTO is a U-shaped, relatively flat - bottomed trench approximately 20 miles ( 32 km ) wide by 150 miles ( 240 km ) long. Its depth varies gradually from 3,600 feet ( 1,100 m ) in the south to 6,600 feet ( 2,000 m ) in the north. Its only exposure to the open ocean is at the northern end. Except for the northern ocean opening, the TOTO is surrounded by numerous islands, reefs, and shoals which make a peripheral shelter isolating it from ocean disturbances, particularly high ambient noise. This channel and the Providence Channel are the two main branches of the Great Bahama Canyon, a submerged geological feature formed by erosion during periods of lower sea level. During their early history the Tongue of the Ocean and the Providence Channels were broad, relatively shallow basins flanked by growing carbonate banks. As the Blake - Bahama platform subsided, sedimentation kept pace with subsidence on the banks, but not in the basins. See also Geography of the Bahamas Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center Andros Island References Jump up ^ U.S. Navy AUTEC Soundings, August 1969. Jump up ^ U.S. Navy AUTEC Soundings, August 1969. Coordinates : 24 ° 5 ′ 25 '' N 77 ° 14 ′ 6 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 24.09028 ° N 77.23500 ° W ﻿ / 24.09028 ; - 77.23500 This Bahamian location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tongue_of_the_Ocean&oldid=799943546 '' Categories : Oceanic trenches of the Atlantic Ocean Landforms of the Bahamas Bahamas geography stubs Talk About Wikipedia Italiano Română Edit links This page was last edited on 10 September 2017, at 19 : 02. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where is the tongue of the ocean located
Answer: in the Bahamas separating the islands of Andros and New Providence