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Altair Seamount as surveyed by the German Research vessel ALTAIR. This,and Davidson Seamount on the West Coast of the United States, by the Coast andGeodetic Survey were among the first detailed studies of seamounts by acousticsoundings. Contoured by Albert Defant 1939. Published in InternationalHydrographic Review. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Collection)