SUBMARINE WONDERS.
SCENERY UNDER THE SEA The reported discovery of a plateau only 150 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic serves as a reminder of how little is known of the portion of the earth’s surface—nearly threefourths of the whole, that is covered by the sea. It was only in 1901 that the stupendous Britannia submarine mountain'range was discovered by the cable ship Britannia, in the. South. Pacific. The Edward VII. range, too, in the North Atlantic was unknown to oceanographers until comparatively lately, although some peaks rise to within 100 fathoms of the surface. Near by is Mount Laura Ethel, its summit only 36 fathoms below.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4912, 7 December 1925, Page 4
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108SUBMARINE WONDERS. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4912, 7 December 1925, Page 4
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