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"ALBATROSS" TROPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. 



Date. 



90 

 91 



92 

 93 



94 

 95 

 96 

 97 



9S 



99 

 100 

 101 



102 



103 

 104 



105 

 106 



107 

 108 



109 

 110 

 111 

 112 



Oct. 11 



Position. 



Temper- 

 atures. 



Latitude 

 South. 



Oct. 15 



(t (( 



Oct. 16 



Oct. 17 



16 02 



16 38 

 16 44 

 16 51 



16 57 



17 09 

 17 14.5 

 17 17 



17 21 



17 22 

 17 20 

 17 16 



17 10 



17 03 

 16 55 



16 53 

 16 55 



16 24 

 16 20 



16 13 



16 03 



15 53 



15 54 



Longitude 

 West. 



Sur- 

 face. 



145 43.5 



145 31 

 145 35 



145 42 



145 49 



146 00 

 145 49 

 145 45.5 



145 41 



145 37 

 145 31 

 145 27 



145 19 



145 08.5 

 145 03 



145 00 

 144 56 



143 59 80 



35.7 



36.10 

 39.7 



143 55 



143 48 

 143 32.5 

 143 26 

 143 06 



Bot- 

 tom. 



39 



36 



36 

 35.1 



38.6 



666 



602 



839 



1300 



1531 



1079 



527 



Nature 



of 

 Bottom. 



Bemarlu. 



Coarse coral saud. About 3 miles farther north thau last 



Pteropods. station. 3J miles N. 35° W. from 



Ngarue Pass. 



About 2 miles due S.W. from south- 

 west Point of Fakarava. 

 I- mile farther than Station 91. 



Coarse coral sand. 



Pteropod ooze. 

 Coral coat«d with 



manganese. 

 Glob. ooze. 



Fine volcanic mud 

 and globigerinae. 

 Glob. ooze. 



Coral frgts. covered 

 with manganese. 



804 Globig. ooze and 

 many very small 

 manganese nodules 



642 Pteropod ooze. Man 

 gauese nodules on 

 coral saud. 



568 Manganese nodules 

 Coarse coral saud. 

 Coral sand. 



36.3 



35 



35.4 



225 



1110 



1679 



1733 

 966 



654 

 269 



467 

 856 



987 

 1084 

 1805 

 1568 



10 miles farther than 92. Line to 

 Anaa at first 40 miles to S.W., then 

 30 miles to north side of Anaa. 



10 miles from Station 93. 



Changed course towards Anaa at this 

 station. 



Pteropod ooze. Fine 

 eoval sand. Man 

 ganese nodules. 



Light yellowish bromi 



globig. ooze. 

 White glob. ooze. 

 White glob, ooze 



Few manganese 



nod. grains. 

 Very small manganese 



noilules. Coral sand. 

 Coarse coral sand. 



White coral sand. 



Pteropod ooze. Fine 

 coral sand. Light 

 yellow gray glob. 

 Few volcanic par- 

 ticles (?). 



Pteropod ooze. Glob. 

 Volcauic (larticlesP). 



Light yellow gray 

 glob. ooze. 



Light yellow gray 

 glob. ooze. 



Glob. ooze. Light 

 yellow. Manganese. 



6 miles from Station 96. 



Off Anaa, 6 miles from Station 97. 



About 1]% miles off northwest face of 

 Anaa. 



About J mile to edge of reef off vil- 

 lage at entrance to lagoon of Anaa. 



About 5 miles N. 50° E. off Anaa En- 

 trance. This is first of a line of 

 soundiugs across to Tahanea. St. 

 101 to 106. 



15 miles from Station 102. 



About 10 miles from Station 103, 4 

 miles W.S.W. from southwest point of 

 Tahanea. 



About 2 miles W. of southwest point 

 of Tahanea. 



About -J mile off south shore of Taha- 

 nea and about 3 miles S. 45° W. of 

 southwest point of Tahanea. 



1 mUe N.W. of northwest Pass of 

 Makemo on angular line to Ilaroia. 



4 miles N. of northwest end of Ma- 

 kemo. 



10 miles north of Station 108. 



15 miles north of Station 109. 



At next station on line to Karoia 

 changed direction at Station 111. 

 20 miles from St. 111. 



