vaughan: virgin and leeward islands 



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PROFILES DFF THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA 



J-.tOO' 



HAVANA HARBOR NORTH COAST O r ST T ^CMA$ 



0?f EAST COAST OF ANGUILLA 



Cora! reef 



OFF THE SOUTH EAST COAST OF ANTiGUA 



ACROSS MOSQUITO BANK OFF NICARAGUA 



PROFILES OF BANKS IN CARIBBEAN SEA 

 OF FUNAFUTI ATOLL 



PEDRO BANK 



ROSALINO BANK 



FUNAFUTI ATOLL 



Fig. 4. Profiles off West Indies and Central America, of banks in the 

 Caribbean Sea, and of Funafuti atoll. Vertical scales on sides, horizontal 

 distance stated below profiles. 



The fourth type of profile is represented by the extensive 

 submerged banks or platforms which have no bordering lands 

 and whose upper surfaces range in depth from 9 to 30 fathoms 

 (54 to 180 feet). Good examples are Saba Bank, southwest 

 of Saba Island; Pedro Bank, southwest of Jamaica; and Rosa- 

 lind Bank, off Mosquito Bank, which is the Continental Shelf 

 northeast of Nicaragua and Honduras (see fig. 4). That the 

 depth of water on these banks is essentially the same as in many 

 atolls of the Pacific, especially the Paumotus, has been repeatedly 

 pointed out, but apparently the fact has not yet been sufficiently 

 emphasized. The profile of Funafuti atoll in figure 4 is very 

 similar to the profiles of the West Indian banks, which are many 

 times its dimensions. 



