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"ALBATROSS" TEOPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. 



Nature 



of 

 Bottom. 



Coarse coral sand, 

 broken shells and 

 glob. 



Pieropod ooze. Glob. 

 Manganese parti- 

 cles (?). 



Pteropod ooze, few 

 lobig. 



Globig. ooze, small 

 manganese nodules. 



Pteropod ooze, fine 

 coral sand. Globig. 

 ooze. Small man- 

 ganese nodules. 



Coarse coral sand. 

 Volcanic (?) parti- 

 cles. Manganese (?) 



Coarse coral sand. 



Glob. ooze. Coral 

 sand. Volcanic (r) 

 particles. 



Coarse coral sand. 

 Globigerinae. Vol- 

 canic (?) particles. 



Remarks. 



1 mile from last position. 



This sounding is deeper than one off 

 Rangiroa at same distance from shore. 



2 miles from last position. 



last position. Same 

 last position. Same 

 position. Same 



3 miles from 



normal. 

 5 miles from 



normal. 

 8 miles from last 



normal. 

 Changed course to go round the north 



side of the Island of Matahiva. 

 3 miles from last station, going north. 



2^ miles off west shore of Matahiva. 

 4 miles off southwest shore of Ma- 

 tahiva. 



Off south shore of Matahiva, about 7J 

 miles farther offshore than St. 59. 



Mahhiva to Makatea and to Papiete, Tahiti Island. 



Lightgray glob. ooze. 



Glob, ooze and mud 



(volcanic?), allied 



to red clay. 

 Globigerinae and 



mud allied to red 



clay. 

 Coarse coral sand. 



I Coarse coral sand. 

 Small manganese 

 nodules. 



Volcanic mud. Man 

 ganese nodules 

 Globigerinae. 

 Volcanic mud. Glo- 

 bigerinae. 



• Coarse volcanic mud. 

 Globigerinae. 



I Fine volcanic mud, 



yellow brown. 



Coarse volcanic mud. 



Manganese(?) nodule. 



■ Fine volcanic sand. 



Coral sand. Globig- 



St. 61 to 180 referred to H. O Chart 

 No. 77, corrected to 1899. 

 Ou way to Makatea. 



About li% miles off the bluff on west 

 side of central part of JIakatea. 



5 miles south of Makatea. 



This is the first of a line of soundings 

 from Makatea to Tahiti. St. 65 to 72. 



20 miles from last station. 

 10 miles from last station. 



4^ miles N. 32° E. from Point Venus. 

 6 miles from last station. 

 4 miles N. 54° W. from Point Venus. 

 6 miles from last station. 



