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Cassandra Morgan

Voyage uncovers Indian Ocean mysteries

Scientists Tim O'Hara and Nelson Kuna during a voyage to learn more about Indian Ocean sea life. (BEN HEALLEY) (AAP)

In a remote part of the Indian Ocean, gargantuan underwater mountains and mysterious animals thrive in an underwater labyrinth, and Melbourne scientists have gone to the abyss to find them.

The Museums Victoria Research Institute has led the mammoth task of mapping out thousands of kilometres of ocean floor in new marine parks around the Cocos Keeling Islands and Christmas Island.

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