Digital Library Search
![Map showing soundings taken by Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer BLAKE cgs05449.jpg Map showing soundings taken by Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer BLAKE](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_cgs05449.jpg?itok=3L0iOLpe)
Description
Map showing soundings taken by Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer BLAKE. Plotted by W.C.W. (W. C. Willenbucher) . This sheet includes plotted depths, surfaceand bottom temperatures, and various profiles of the continental shelf and slope. The Blake Plateau shows as a conspicuous widening of the continental slopein the 400 to 500 fathom range south of Cape Hatteras.
Display Date
1883
Location
United States East Coast, Atlantic Ocean
Collection
Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey
Historic Maps
General
Keywords
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Archive Nautical Chart