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Transcribed Image Text:What seafloor feature is found at location "B" on the bathymetry map of Cortes Bank in Figure 15 (arrow points to feature)? Hint: Note
that this feature has a "bulls-eye"-shaped isobath contour pattern. Check for the change the water depth going from the center of the
"bulls-eye" pattern "outward. VWhere is the shallowest water depth? In the center or towrds the edges of the bulls-eye?
Use the contour
rule to decide on which feature fits the rule.
Choose from one of the following six seafloor features:
Simple slope;
Seamount;
Flat-bottomed basin/trough;
Flat-topped bank;
Submarine canyon;
Submarine ridge
30
20 JOINE CHART 12D
10
119°
50
198
545
76
175
48
73
205
149
50
47
28
210
327
13
16
380
091
21
39
124
71
46
224
24
70
64
175
235
573
40
40'
66
720
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194
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MS
275
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109
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371
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34
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612
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276
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64
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50
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316
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722
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120
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ky
45
730
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71
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32° 30-
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Bishap lock
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171
30
20
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119°
50
Each side bar (black or white) = 1 minute latitude
1 minute latitude = 1 nautical mile
Soundings in Fathoms
1 fathom = 6 feet
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