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Title: Central Pacific [ocean saltness]

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1877

Publishers

  • London: published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1877.

Summary

Meridional section of Pacific Ocean at ca. 150°-160° W longitude. Specific gravity of ocean waters shown by isolines. Depth shown in fathoms [vertical scale ca. 1:40,200]. Dates of voyage along meridian are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 47, (1877), pp. 72-86; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.47 1877

Subjects

  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceanography—Maps
  • Salinity—Pacific Ocean—Maps
  • Specific gravity
  • Challenger Expedition, 1872-1876
  • Pacific Ocean—Maps
  • Meteorological charts
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-160.0, -150.0, 38.0, -40.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-160.0, -150.0, 38.0, -40.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Buchanan, J. Y. (John Young), 1844-1925. Central Pacific [ocean saltness]. London: published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1877.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-fj2364578

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng