What Is a Whale Graveyard?

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Large, weathered bowhead whale bones lie scattered on a dark sandy beach at Jan Mayen Island, Norway, with a barren hillside in the background.

Rorqual whale skeleton on deep ocean floor near Davidson Seamount, surrounded by octopuses, fish, and bone-eating worms, with submersible equipment in the foreground.

A video showing the discovery and recovery of whale bones from the ocean floor using the remote arm from a submersible.

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A video showing the discovery and recovery of whale bones from the ocean floor using the remote arm from a submersible.

Exploration by Submersible: Recovering Whale Bones from the Diamantina Fracture Zone

After surveying only a tiny fraction of a deep-sea trench at the bottom of the Diamantina...

Video: © China News Service/Reuters

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Large, weathered bowhead whale bones lie scattered on a dark sandy beach at Jan Mayen Island, Norway, with a barren hillside in the background.

Bowhead whale bones on the Norwegian island Jan Mayen

The remains of single whales appear in beach environments and throughout the ocean....

© Arterra—Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Rorqual whale skeleton on deep ocean floor near Davidson Seamount, surrounded by octopuses, fish, and bone-eating worms, with submersible equipment in the foreground.

Whale carcasses become food for deep-sea organisms

Recent whale falls—that is, spots on the ocean floor where the remains of dead whales...

Chad King/Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA