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DEPTH OF BASS STRAIT.
MOST RECENT SOUNDINGS.
By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright, MELBOUKNE, June 23.
Soundings taken by the Federal trawler in Bass Strait disclosed a number of inaccuracies regarding depths and other data. It was established that a central basin with a maximum depth of fifty-three fathoms extends from the Tasmanian coast into the Southern Ocean. Previously the greatest depth marked was forty-eight fathoms.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 118, 24 June 1914, Page 8
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65DEPTH OF BASS STRAIT. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 118, 24 June 1914, Page 8
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