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previously' axiBted «ijad iiavft aiuce t»t£<$n x^llX^d In. 



j-riic© tJa» aast-coast deeps, tbey are belicsved, 

 to iiave been ®rodea subaeriaiiy by Btreaioa crosJ-inft the 

 aneir wton tka sli&ix" wss b^red $it tlie end. of tiic^ j lio- 

 Qea&.eiyoohm Ji» t&v is Kxiomx, faulting: is not respojaai- 

 bl6 lor th&tx &xi&vmu&&, 



A saootiil^' curvt^d aoii© may b© outlined ooa- 

 neotlag tii© outer edges of tUfe bssjcs b@tw««c tja© vslleytB, 

 I'roci tiles souliisjrja tip of i^reiddals aruan to Heyais Dj&p, 

 >-a tiiis zoa«^ tiie iiQ\.Lo., ..:;<:.;■ oit Tepidly toward th® south- 

 east and souta to sub-oc6»iiic deptkst 70 jTattsoiaiS to 432 

 fatnoi&s in 5 ^1&» @t Lstituci^ 63 degri^es 53 miautes N., 

 Loitgituds 13 degrees 45 minutes ^.j 115 fethoms to 575 

 fetiioias in 5 ailss tst LetitutA® 63 de^jrees 25 laiautes M., 

 Longitude 16 dagraes 5 adiiutea Vu; S6 fathoms to >69 

 fatlious in 3 miles at Latitude 63 deisrees 17 minutea H,, 

 Longitude 17 clegretsrs 20 Minut«j3 ^, 



Tiiia curved zone is ©ub-ptsruliei to th© eurT«4 

 z-oae oi* fauitia*^ wiiicii outs feorosst loeiimd Troisa nortli 

 to aoutJawest. I'll© two :&ones ooiiverge gradu<,lly toward 

 %h<a southwest, ooaini^ togetti^r at the Teatxaannseyjar 

 Islands, Can tJie 3Jielf orf scut.n^&{itern Xeeland be bound- 

 ed by a zone of faulting? 



The amootnness of tbe curves eonneotin^ tfee 

 outer facets of the b&nica, plus the feet that th« bottom 



