Index 



Page numbers in bold figures 

 refer to maps. When they are 

 marl<ed with an asterisl<, it indi- 

 cates that the information to 

 which refence is made may be 

 inferred from the map. 



Abijan power project, 240-1 

 Acapuico Trench, 181 

 Accretion, area of, 231 

 Achaean tribes of Greece, 129 

 Acoustic surveys, 178, 194 

 Adare, Cape, 55 

 Aden, Gulf of, 7, 186 

 Admiralty Range, Antarctica, 51 

 Adriatic Sea, 130, 138 

 "Adventure," H.M.S., 40 

 Aegean Sea, 131, 139 

 Aegospotami, 131 

 Aeolian, Tribes in Greece, 129; 



. . .Islands, 138 

 Africa, 29, 55, 78, 189 

 Agassiz, Louis, naturalist, 113-4, 119 

 Agde, 138 



Agrippa, engineers of, 143 

 Agulhas Basin, 176,186; . . . Current,183, 



205 

 Air-lift for salvage, 137, 148, 164 

 Akutan Pass, Aleutian Is., 218 

 Alaska, fishery of, 102; .. .Gulf of, 6, 180, 



184 

 Albatross Plateau, 181 

 "Albatross," U.S.S., 118 

 Albenga, 138 



Albert, Prince of Monaco, 118-9, 120 

 Aldabra Ridge, 186 

 Aleutian Islands, 42, 43, 71, 70, 218; 



...Basin, 180, 184; ...Ridge, 180, 



184; sealery, 106; ...Trench, 180, 



184 

 "Alexander," ship of Sir W. Parry, 



1818, 47 

 Alexander the Great, 128, 150, 214 

 Alexandria, 131, 139, 150 

 Algae, 82, 236 

 Alps, 14, 130, 134 

 Amazon, R., tidal bore in, 220 

 Amber, 25 



America, discoveries of, 18 

 Amphineura, 88 

 Amphorae, 135, 162-4 

 Amsterdam St Paul Plateau, 186 

 Amundsen, Roald, 54 

 Amundsen Trough, 184 

 Anacapri, 141, 143 

 Anchors, ancient, 158 

 Andaman Basin, 187; . . .Sea, 7, 187 

 Andaman-Nicobar Ridge, 187 

 Anderson, John, patron of L. Agassiz, 



113 

 Anderson, Wm., U.S.N., Commander 



U.S.S. Nautilus, 19,66-73 

 Anemone, sea, 76, 82, 84 

 Angara Basin, 184 

 Anglesey, 233 



Antarctica, 11, 14, 19, 36, 46, 55, 174 

 Antarctic Bottom Water, 212 

 Antarctic Circle, 37, 41, 46 

 Antarctic Convergence, 212 

 Antarctic Intermediate Water, 212 

 Antheor, 135, 138, 162-4 

 Anticythera I., 139, 160 

 Antoninus, itineraries of, 135 



Antoninus, 145 



Aphrodite, statue of, 160 



Apollo, statue of, 160; temple of, at 

 Lemnos, 171 



Apollonia, 126, 136, 139, 154ff 



Aqaba, Gulf of, 128 



Aqualung, 136-7 



Arabian Basin, 186; . . .Sea, 7, 186 



Arabs, 18 



Arafura Sea, 7, 180 



Arago, Jean, 188 



Archaeology, submarine, 124-71 ; photo- 

 graphy as aid, 138, 139, 145, 151, 192, 

 234 



Arctic Circle, 25 



Arctic Ocean, 6-7, 42, 43, 45, 50, 56 ft, 60, 

 71, 116, 117; co-tidal lines of, 220-1; 

 deposits of, 94, 95; fertility of, 244, 

 245; meteorology and salinity phe- 

 nomena, 59; oceanography map, 184 



Argentine Basin, 176 



Aristotle, 140; . . .on eels, 78-9 



Artemison, Cape, 139, 160 



Arthropoda, 76, 87-8; numerical 

 superiority of on land, 77 



Arvad, 139, 153, 156 



Ascension I., 42, 116, 197 



Ascidians, (sea squirts), 238 



Ash and dust on ocean bed, 196 



Asia, 28 



Astrolabe, 27 



Athenopolis, see Saint-Tropez 



Athens, 129, 131, 139, 160 



Athos, Mt., 139 



Atlantic Ocean, 21, 29, 42, 50, 55, 60, 71, 

 78, 116, 130, 176, 181, 184, 189, 206, 212; 

 deposits of, 94, 95; fertility of, 244, 

 245; oceanography map, 176; salinity 

 of, 183, 208, 211 ; surface currents of, 

 204*, 206; surface temperature of, 

 204*; temperature at 4,000 m, 209*; 

 co-tidal lines, 220 



Atlantic-Antarctic Ridge, 176, 186 



Atlantic-Indian-Antarctic Basin, 176, 186 



Atlantic-Indian Ridge, 176 



"Atlantis," research ship, 174-5, 177 



Atlantropa project, 242 



A-ur, 139, 150 



Australia, 28, 39-40, 45, 55; wrecks on 

 coast of, 168-9 



Austral Ridge, 180 



Authors' names: Bowden, K.F., 214-223 

 Burton, IVlaurice, 76-121; Currie 

 Ronald I., 234^5; Deacon, G.E.R. 

 174-89; Flemming, N.C., 124-71 ; Gas 

 kell, T.F., 8-15; King, C.A.M., 224-33 

 Laughton, A.S., 190-201 ; Shackleton, 

 Edward, 18-73; Swallow, J.C, 202-213 



Averno, Lake, 141 



Avonmouth, 215 



Azores, Is., 42, 78, 98-9, 121, 116, 189, 197 



Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge, 176 



Babylon, site of, 12, 131 

 Bacteria, 109 



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