Røst Reef

The Røst Reef is a deep-water coral reef off the coast of the Lofoten islands in Nordland county, Norway, discovered in 2002 about 100 kilometers west of the island of Røstlandet. It extends about 43 kilometers in length and up to 6.9 kilometers in width, is built by the coral Lophelia pertusa, and is the largest known Lophelia reef and the largest known deep-water coral reef in the world. The water near the bottom of the reef is about 2 degrees Celsius, and the World Wildlife Fund recognizes the reef as a global natural heritage site meriting protection as a Marine Protected Area. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/