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Harold Murray of the C&GS; published this pioneering study of undersea mountains 1941

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Harold Murray of the C&GS; published this pioneering study of undersea mountains 1941. Many of the seamounts depicted on this chart were flat-topped seamountslater termed guyots by Harry Hess of Princeton.

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NOAA Central Library Historical Collection

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Voyage to Inner Space

History of Oceanography Collection

Bathymetric Maps Collection