380 



"ALBATROSS" TROPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. 



13 



19 



20 

 21 

 22 

 23 



Sept. 13 



Sept. 14 



Position. 



Latitude Loncritude Siir- 

 South. West. face. 



23 



13 

 28 

 31 

 33 



Temper- 

 atures. 



138 .59 



139 09 



139 10 

 139 12 

 139 26 

 139 36 



Bot- 

 tom. 



33 



3.3.1 



35.5 



2-175 



2287 



2267 

 2183 

 1939 

 1802 



Nature 



of 

 Bottom . 



Light gray yellow 

 ooze. Globig. ooze. 

 Radiolai'ian. 



Coarse glob. ooze. 



Glob, ooze with vol- 

 canic particles. 



Glob. ooze. Many 

 voloanie particles. 



Glob. ooze. Fine vol- 

 canic particles. 



Gray ooze. Glob, anil 

 Radiol, anil coarse 

 volcanic particles. 



Remarks. 



Abont 175 miles to Marquesas. 

 Stations 1-18 ret'erreil to H. O. Chart 



No. 527, corrected to April, 1S97. 

 Stations 19 to 29 relVrrcd to H. O. 



Chart No. 1797, edition of Mav, 



1899. 



Globigcrinae si ill retaining their color. 

 Developing the Marqnesas Plateau. 



MARQUESAS ISLANDS TO TAHITL SOCIETY ISLANDS, VU NORTHWESTERN 



PAUMOTUS. 



Stations in Vicinity or the M.\uquesas Islands. 



Coarse glob. ooze. 



Volcanic particles. 

 Globig. and volcanic 



mud and fragments 

 Glob. ooze. Ptero 



pods and volcanic 



particles. 

 Glob. ooze. Volcanic 



particles. 

 Rocky. Volcanic 



fragments. 



15^ miles N. 43° W., same as below. 



13 miles N. 73° W. of Haunauu Point. 



Ua Huka Island. 

 17 miles west of Mt. Uranupe, Nuku- 



hiva Island (Tai-o-hae). 



6 miles S. 20° E. of Anna Maria Bay. 



.\bout IS miles S. 13° W. of Chicka- 

 koff Point. 



Stations from the Marqiesas to Rangiroa. 



Light yellow gray 

 glob. ooze. Coarse 

 volcanic particles. 



Lightgrayglol). Few 

 Radiol. Volcanic 

 particles. 



Red clay. 



Red clay withForain. 



Red clay. 



Very light col. glob, 

 ooze. 

 Fine coral sand glob. 



25 miles from Cape Chickakoff, Nuku- 

 hiva, 20 miles from Ua pu Island. 



Stations 30, 31 referred to H. 0. Chart 

 No. S24', Oct. IS88. 



Deepest part of Channel separating the 

 Marqnesas from the I^inmotiis. 



Stations 32-35 referred to H. O. Chart 

 No. 77, corrected to 1899. 



22 miles N. 28° E. of entrance to Aliii. 



About 2^ miles northwest of entrance 



to Ahii. 

 Position according to H. 0. Chart 



No. 77. 



