. Fig. 19. Discovery Bank, contours in metres. Positions of soundings shown as dots. The rise of the bottom on the northern side of the Discovery Bank is fairly steep, the average slope being approximately 10°. The maximum slope so far determined is approximately 12". On the southern side the fall away to deep water is much less marked, the slope from the 1000 m. to beyond the 4000 m. contour averaging approximately 3!°. The maximum slope barely exceeds 4°. The extent of the shallow water on the western half of the bank appears to have been determined with reasonable accuracy and depths o
. Fig. 19. Discovery Bank, contours in metres. Positions of soundings shown as dots. The rise of the bottom on the northern side of the Discovery Bank is fairly steep, the average slope being approximately 10°. The maximum slope so far determined is approximately 12". On the southern side the fall away to deep water is much less marked, the slope from the 1000 m. to beyond the 4000 m. contour averaging approximately 3!°. The maximum slope barely exceeds 4°. The extent of the shallow water on the western half of the bank appears to have been determined with reasonable accuracy and depths of less than 1000 m. (547 fm.) cover an area of about 700 sq. miles. Two small areas with depths of less than 500 m. (273 fm.) and a minimum so far determined of 457 m. (250 fm.) have been
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