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![Cross-Section of the Atlantic Basin at Latitude 12 N extending from Sierra Leone to Barbados map00364.jpg Cross-Section of the Atlantic Basin at Latitude 12 N extending from Sierra Leone to Barbados](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_map00364.jpg?itok=3JCbA6Cz)
Description
Cross-Section of the Atlantic Basin at Latitude 12 N extending from Sierra Leone to Barbados. This profile was made as a result of sounding taken on theSchool-Ship MERCURY, a vessel for training orphan boys and delinquent boys innautical and oceanographic science. The sounding at 45 W indicated thesouthern extension of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from the Azores.
Display Date
1871
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space