PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE GULF OF MAINE 
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side (station 10249) to about 8° in its northeastern side off Machias, Me. (station 
10246), with 7.9° recorded for the southeastern part of the basin (station 10225) and 
about 7° on the floor of the Eastern Channel (station 10227) that July. 
Fig. 57. — Temperature at a depth of 175 meters within the gulf for August, 1914. The temperatures along the continental 
slope are for July and August of that year, combined 
PROFILES 
The most striking thermal feature of the western side of the gulf in summer — 
certainly the one most often commented on— is its low temperature below the 40 to 50 
meter level, contrasted with the warm surface water and with the still warmer 
