# German Channel

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{{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](/source/Koror), [Palau](/source/Palau)
| coords              = {{coord|7|07|38|N|134|17|03|E|Escale:1400000|display=inline,title}}
| coords_ref          = 
| waterbody           = 
| nearest_land        = [Ngemelis Island](/source/Ngemelis_Island)
| dive_type           = [Open-water](/source/Open-water_diving)
| 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](/source/channel_(geography)) dug into the southwest side of [Palau](/source/Palau)'s [barrier reef](/source/barrier_reef) that connects the [lagoon](/source/lagoon) to the [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean). The channel was made by the [Germans](/source/German_Empire) 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](/source/German_New_Guinea), 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](/source/Underwater_diving) [site](/source/Recreational_dive_sites).<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](/source/Rock_Islands_(Palau))
*[Blue Corner](/source/Blue_Corner_(Palau))

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Underwater diving sites of Palau
Category:Channels of Oceania
Category:Koror

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