SCENERY UNDER THE SEA
iho reported discovery of a plateau ml.y 100 feet beneath the surface of die Atlantic serves as a. reminder of iow little is known . f the portion of •ic earth’s surface — nearly tbreeoiirtljs of the whole—that is covered ' •y the sa. It was only in 1901 that be stupendous Britannia submarine ,’onntain range was discovered by the ■able ship Britannia in the South kicifie. T ! 'o Edward Vll. range, too. in the voith Atlantic, was unknown ro co noerapker- until comparatively ! Iv. alihoue 1 ' .erne peaks rise fo 'thin 100 <• t'. -m, n'- tU,, surface. ( ‘-•'r bv is Mount Laura "Rtbel. it" | ummit. onlv tlnrfy- c ix fathoms Ivglmv.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9028, 6 November 1925, Page 5
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