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"ALBATROSS" TROPICAL PACIFIC EXPEDITION. 



i 



1 



Date. 

 1899. 



Position. 



Temper- 

 atures. 



f 1 





Latitude 

 South. 



Longitude 

 West. 



Sur- 

 face. 



Bot- 

 tom. 







o / 



o / 



o 



o 





173 



Nov. 4 



18 55 



146 32 



78 



34.8 



2440 



174 



" " 



18 28 



147 11 



79 



35 



2087 



175 

 176 



Nov. 5 



18 03 

 17 54 



147 48 



148 00 



78 

 80 



34.8 

 38.1 



2129 

 832 



177 



" " 



17 51 



148 03 



SO 



69 



142 



178 

 179 



;: :: 



17 46 

 17 35 



148 23 



148 48 



81 

 80 



34.9 

 35 



2111 

 1755 



Red clay. Large 

 haul of trawl of 

 mauganese nodules. 



Two spherical manga- 

 nese nodules, about 

 15 ram. ill diameter 

 jammed cup open. 



Coarse volcanic mud. 



Volcanic mud and 

 coral sand. 



Volcanic rocli 

 coral sand. 



Volcanic sand. 



Volcanic sand. 



and 



50 miles from last, half .way to Mehetia 

 from Hereheretue. 



14 miles southeast of Mehetia. 



1^ miles off southeast face of Mehetia. 



mile off north shore of Mehetia. 

 St. 177-179 Mehetia to Tahiti. 

 23 miles from Mehetia. 

 30 miles from Tahiti. 



SOCIETY ISLANDS TO TONGATABU, TONGA ARCHIPELAGO, VIA LEEWARD 



SOCIETY ISLANDS, THE COOK GROUP, AND NIUE ISLAND. 



Froji Tahiti to Leewakd Society Islands. 



180 



Nov. 15 



17 30 



149 41 



79 



36.7 



981 



Volcanic sand. Pter- 

 opod oOze. 



About half way to Murea from Papiete. 

 5 miles from the northeast point of 

 Murea. 



From Aitutaki to Niue. 



181 



Nov. 22 



18 54 



o / 



162 31 



79 



34.7 



2498 



182 

 183 



Nov. 23 

 Nov. 24 



18 59 



19 04 



164 47 

 167 41 



82 

 80 



33.4 

 33.9 



2882 

 2472 



No sample. 



Red clay. Glob. 

 Red clay. Radiol. 



Sts. 181-184 referred to H. 0. Chart 

 No. 825»', corrected to April, 1896. 



From Niue to Eua (Tonga). 













/ 



o / 



o 



o 





184 



Nov. 



26 



20 



15 



172 00 



80 



34 



3141 



185 



Nov. 



27 



21 



18 



173 31 







4173 



186 



" 



" 



21 



18 



173 51 



77 



34.15 



4540 



Red clay. Radio! 

 Light brown volcanic 

 mud. Radiol. 



Light brown volcanic 

 mud. Radiol. 



Near 4762 fms. hole, siliceous sponges 

 in trawl. Deepest haul of trawl yet 

 made. Lost thermo. 



VAVAU TO PIJI. 









o / 





o 



o 





187 



Dec. 



4 



18 47 



174 15 



79 





682 



188 



Dec. 



6 



18 43 



175 28 



79 



36.2 



1381 



Pteropods and very 

 peculiar coral sand, 

 resembles volcanic 

 sand, with white 

 crystals of calcite, 

 gray brown. 



Volcanic mud, glob. 



Between Vavau and Late. 

 Sts. 185 to 188 referred to B. A. Chart 

 No. 2421, corrected to August, 1899. 



Beyond Late to westward. 



