RESEARCH SHIP
SOUNDINGS IN NEW ZEALAND. By T elegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Jan, 14. The Danish research ship Dana is making a brief stay in Wellington till Thin sdny. This is her second voyage and the present tour has already occupied over eight' en months. She is n vessel of 3(51 i tons, originally built in ]I)17 as a mine sweeper. The deepest sounding she lias found so far is over five thousand fathoms, east of Kermndec. A discovery interesting to New Zealand is that the trough formed by Cook Strait runs in a well defined direction and at a much greater depth far out from the coast line. Soundings of two to live hundred metres were obtained 2(H) miles from the shore north and south of the trough, the depth of which was 2870 metres. The Dana also found comparatively shallow areas off Kaikourn and Banks Peninsula.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1929, Page 5
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148RESEARCH SHIP Hokitika Guardian, 14 January 1929, Page 5
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