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pl23_map00077.jpg

This 3-dimensional view of the equatorial Atlantic seafloor was producedfollowing the German METEOR Expedition of 1925-1927

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Description

This 3-dimensional view of the equatorial Atlantic seafloor was producedfollowing the German METEOR Expedition of 1925-1927. Unfortunately it wasdestroyed during the Second World War but the image survives. The Mid-AtlanticRidge snakes down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean between Brazil on the leftand Africa on the right.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Collection

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

History of Oceanography Collection

Bathymetric Maps Collection

Keywords

Exploration

Maps