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![Southeast section of 1939 North Pacific chart 5486 by Navy Hydrographic Officeshowing use of name Albatross Plateau for East Pacific Rise leading into Gulf ofCalifornia map00122.jpg Southeast section of 1939 North Pacific chart 5486 by Navy Hydrographic Officeshowing use of name Albatross Plateau for East Pacific Rise leading into Gulf ofCalifornia](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_map00122.jpg?itok=M3mGg993)
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Southeast section of 1939 North Pacific chart 5486 by Navy Hydrographic Officeshowing use of name Albatross Plateau for East Pacific Rise leading into Gulf ofCalifornia. It was not until 1960 that H.W. Menard popularized the nameEast Pacific Rise. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Collection)