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ALBATEOSS" TROPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. 



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1 



Date, 



Position, 



Temper- 

 atures. 



a »' 



Nature 

 of 



Remarks. 



_ 



1899, 









i 



Bottom, 





'u 





Latitude 



Longitude 



Sur- 



Bot- 



£■5 











South, 



West, 



face. 



tom, 



S,& 







52 



Sept. 25 



15 01.4 



148 



25 



so 





670 



Coarse coral sand, 

 broken shells and 

 glob. 



1 mile from last position. 

 This sounding is deeper than one off 

 Rangiroa at same distance from shore. 



53 











81 





782 



Pteropodooze. Glob. 

 Manganese parti- 

 cles (?). 



2 miles from last position. 



54 



" " 









81 





850 



Pteropod ooze, few 

 globig. 



3 miles from last position. Same 

 normal. 



55 



" " 









81 





844 



Globig. ooze, small 

 manganese nodules. 



5 miles from last position. Same 

 normal. 



56 





14 56 



148 



44 



81 





711 



Pteropod ooze, fine 

 coral sand, Globig, 

 ooze. Small man- 

 ganese nodules. 



S miles from last position. Same 



normal. 

 Changed course to go round the north 



side of the Island of Matahiva. 



57 











80 





486 



Coarse coral sand. 

 Volcanic (?) parti- 

 cles. Manganese (?) 



3 miles from last station, going north. 



58 



" " 









80 





624 



Coarse coral sand. 



2-| miles off west shore of Matahiva. 



59 











SO 





860 



Glob, ooze. Coral 

 sand, Yoloanic (?) 

 particles. 



4 miles off southwest shore of Ma- 

 tahiva. 



60 











80 





1257 



Coarse coral sand. 

 Globigerinae, Vol- 

 canic (?) particles. 



Off south shore of Matahiva, about 7-J 

 miles farther off shore than St. 59. 



Matahiva to Makatea and to Papiete, Tahiti Island. 



61 



Sept. 25 



15 16 



148 



46 



79 



° 



1762 



Lightgrayglob.ooze, 



St, 61 to 180 referred to H, Chart 

 No, 77, corrected to 1899. 



62 



Sept. 26 



15 33 



148 



45 



80 





2267 



Glob, ooze and mud 

 (volcanic?), allied 

 to red clay. 



On way to Makatea. 



63 





15 42 



148 



44 



SO 





2247 



Globigerinae and 

 mud allied to red 























clay. 





64 





15 51 



148 



15 



80 





581 



Coarse coral sand. 



About 1^% miles off the bluff on west 

 side of central part of Makatea. 



65 





15 57.3 



148 



18.8 



SO 





1363 



Coarse coral sand. 

 Small manganese 

 nodules. 



5 miles south of Makatea. 

 This is the first of a line of soundings 

 from Makatea to Tahiti, St, 65 to 72, 



66 





16 10 



148 



26 



SO 





2238 



Volcanic mud. Man- 

 ganese nodules. 























Globigerinae, 





67 



Sept. 27 



16 32 



148 



40 



80 





2363 



Volcanic mud, Glo- 

 bigerinae. 







68 





16 57 



148 



58 



79 





2224 



Coarse volcanic mud, 

 Globigerinae. 







69 



" " 



17 14 



149 



10 



80 





1930 





20 miles from last station. 



70 



" 



17 21 



149 



15 



SO 





1585 



Fine volcanic mud, 

 yellow brown. 



10 miles from last station. 



71 





17 25.3 



149 



26 



81 





775 



Coarse volcanic mud. 

 Manganese(?) nodule. 



4^ miles N. 32° E, from Point Venus, 

 6 miles from last station. 



72 



Sept, 27 



17 26,5 



149 



32.4 



79 





867 



Fine volcanic sand. 

 Coral sand, Globig- 

 erinae, 



4 miles N. 54° W. from Point Venus, 

 6 miles from last station. 



