Himalaya, Mts., 11, 134 



Himiico, 20 



Hiram, King of Tyre, 128 



"Hirondelle," yacht, 118 



"Histoire Physique de la Mer," 1725, 



Maraigli, 177 

 "History of Greenland," 1767, Grantz, 



105 

 Hobart, 49, 50, 55 

 Hofuf, 12 

 Holderness, 228; . . .boulder clay cliffs, 



231 

 Holland, herring fisheries of, 104; old 



coast lines, 130; sinl<ing of land, 227 

 Hong Kong, 117 

 Hooghly, R., tidal bore in, 221 

 Horace, 141 

 Hormuz, Strait of, 13 

 Horn, Cape, 29, 38, 42 

 Hornsea, town and mere, 231 

 Hudson Bay, 6, 44, 50, 78, 176, 189; 



...Strait, 176, 184 

 Hull, 50, 231 

 Humber R., 219, 231, 233; ...Channel, 



231 

 Humboldt, Alexander von, 188 

 Hunstanton, 231 

 Hunter Ridge, 180 



Hydraulic cement, used by Romans, 159 

 Hydroids, (Sea Firs), 83 

 Hydruntum, 131, 133, 138 



Iberia Abyssal Plain, 196 



Ibiza I., 138 



Ice, 14-16, 59-65, 244, 245; Pytheas on, 24 



Ice pack, average minimum limit, 60-61, 

 71 , 244, 245 



Ice Patrol, international, 210 



Icebergs, 51, 57, 207, 210 



Iceland, 19, 21, 50, 60, 71, 78; identifica- 

 tion with Thule, 24 



Iceland-Faeroe Rise, 176, 184 



Ictis, (St Michael's (Vlt., Cornwall), 21, 23 



Igloolik, 50 



Immingham, 231 



India, 11 ; ancient trade with, 128 



Indian-Antarctic Ridge, 180, 187 



Indian Ocean, 7, 28-9, 43, 55, 117, 180, 

 186-7, 206; cotidal lines of, 221 ; depo- 

 sits of, 95; Equatorial Counter cur- 

 rent, 205, 206-7; fertility of, 245; mon- 

 soons of, 207; North Equatorial cur- 

 rent, 205; oceanography of, 186-7*; 

 South Equatorial current, 205, 206-7; 

 surface temperature, currents, 205 



Indonesia, 18 



Ingoldmells Point, 231 



"Ingolf," Danish survey ship, 119 



Inner Dowsing, 231 



Insects, sea, 76 



Interglacial cliff lines, 231 



International Geophysical Year, 1957-8, 

 211 



International Indian Ocean Expedition, 

 212 



Inter-plain channels, 196 

 Invertebrates, the typical sea creatures, 



76 

 Iodine, 238; in sponges, 80 

 lol, see Cherchel 



Ionian inhabitants of ancientGreece, 129 

 Ionian Sea, 138 

 Ireland, west coast of, 230 

 Irish Sea, currents of, 202 

 "Isabella," John Ross' ship, 1818, 47, 49 

 Isotherms, 179 

 Isotopes, 13 

 Istanbul, see Byzantium 

 Ivory, as trade goods, 128 

 Ivory Coast, 241 



Jackson, Frederick, 64 



Jan Mayen I., 60, 71 



Japan, cormorantfishing in, 102; Sea of, 



7, 180; ...Trench,J80 

 "Jason," sealer, 57; route of, 60 

 Java Sea, 7, 180, 187; . . .Trench, 187 

 "Jeanette," 57 

 Jellyfish, 76, 83, 86 

 Johansen, Frederic, 61 ff 

 Joinville I., 159 



Jondet, Gaston, archaeologist, 150-1 

 Juan Fernandez Is., 116 

 Julianehaab, Greenland, 57 



Kapkin, Mustafa, 168 



Kara Sea, 7, 60, 184 



Karun, R., 12 



Kastellholmen, Sweden, 167 



Kaup, J. J., German naturalist, 79 



Kayaks, 63 



Keller, Hannes, diving gear, 137, 171 



Kelly, Commander, U.S.N., U.S.S. 



Trigger, 68 

 Kelvin, Lord, 177 

 Kennedy, President, 174 

 Kerguelen Basin, 186; . . .Is., 43, 49, 55, 



117 

 Kerguelen-Gaussberg Ridge, 186 

 Kermadec Ridge, 180; . . .Trench, 180 

 Kharos Bank, Lemnos, 170 

 King, C.A.M., author, 224-233 

 King's Lynn, 231 



King's Warehouse, Port Royal, 147 

 King William I., 48, 54; confused with 



King William Land, 54 

 Kizil Irmak, R., 131 

 Knossos, 128, 131, 139 

 Knox Basin, 186 

 Krakatoa, 223 

 Krill, see Euphausians 

 Kuril Ridge, 180, 184; . . .Trench, 180 

 Kuwait, 12 

 Kyushu-Palau Ridge, 180 



Labrador, climate as affected by ocean 



currents, 107, 207; ...Sea, 210 

 Laccadive Trough, 186 



