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World ocean floors

Title: World ocean floors / produced by the Cartographic Division, National Geographic Society ; John F. Shupe, chief cartographer.
Author: National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Division.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : The Society, 1992.

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Use in library	Map Div. 99-10758	Schwarzman Building - Map Division Desk Room 117

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Description

2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col.; each 47 x 61 cm., sheet 52 x 80 cm.

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Note

Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and landform drawings.
Designed to be folded to 13 x 16 cm.
"Supplement to the National geographic, June 1992, page 70A, vol. 181, no. 6--Pacific/Indian Ocean floors."
"Source for ocean floor relief: General bathymetric chart of the oceans (GEBCO)."
"June 1992."
Includes text, location maps showing tectonic plates, map showing ocean spreading centers and vents, and col. ill. and diagrams of continent formation and sea floor features.
Text: Deep-sea vents, worlds without sun -- Changing the face of Earth.

Contents

Pacific ocean / painting by John A. Bonner -- Indian ocean / painting by Tibor G. Toth.

Call Number

Map Div. 99-10758

OCLC

29226631

Author

National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Division.

Title

World ocean floors / produced by the Cartographic Division, National Geographic Society ; John F. Shupe, chief cartographer.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : The Society, 1992.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:37,870,000. At the equator. 1 cm. = 379 km. 1 in. = 598 miles. Vertical scale exaggerated ; Mercator proj. (E 100⁰--W 70⁰/N 60⁰--S 50⁰).

Scale 1:25,720,000. At the equator. 1 cm. = 257 km. 1 in. = 406 miles. Vertical scale exaggerated ; Mercator proj. (E 20⁰--E 150⁰/N 30⁰--S 50⁰).

Added Author

Shupe, John F.

Tibor, Toth G.

Bonner, John A.

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Pacific Ocean.

Indian Ocean.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 99-10758 [Filed with Pacific Ocean]