{{Short description|Channel dug through reef Palau}} {{Infobox dive site | name = German Channel | other_name = German Wall | photo = German-Channel-2016-aerial-view-Luka-Peternel.jpg | photo_width = | photo_caption = Aerial view of German Channel | map = | map_width = | map_caption = | location = Koror, Palau | coords = {{coord|7|07|38|N|134|17|03|E|Escale:1400000|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | waterbody = | nearest_land = Ngemelis Island | dive_type = Open-water | depth_range = {{convert|3|to|40|m|ft|abbr=on}} | average_visibility = {{convert|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} | entry_type = Boat | bottom_composition = Sand, coral | water = | nearby_sites = }}
The '''German Channel''' is an artificial channel dug into the southwest side of Palau's barrier reef that connects the lagoon to the Pacific Ocean. The channel was made by the Germans around the end of 1908,<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=z8dhCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=Deutscher+Kanal+Palau&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyjPDe5aPoAhXI4KQKHQcWAbMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=german%20channel&f=false Palau - Ein Tauch- und Reiseführer, 3. Aufl. 2016 (Seite 11)]</ref> during the time when Palau was a German colony, to shorten the transport route from the island of Angaur, located outside the reef and where phosphate was mined, to the northeastern port of Koror. Presently, it is a popular dive site.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rock |first=Tim |year=2000 |title=Lonely Planet Palau: Diving & Snorkeling |publisher=Pisces Books |isbn=1864500190 |pages=144}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Ben |last2=Marvin |first2=Lorry |last3=Lathe |first3=Chad |last4=McCrea |first4=Megan |last5=Lejkowski |first5=Christy |last6=Lejkowsk |first6=Rick |last7=Gall |first7=Michael |year=2010 |title=Micronesia and Palau |publisher=Other Places Publishing |isbn=978-0982261934 |pages=234}}</ref>
==See also== *Rock Islands *Blue Corner
==References== {{Reflist}}
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