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 Antarctic region, the Challenger obtained, in 1874, a maximum depth of 1,673 fathoms, in latitude 65° 42' S., longitude 79° 49′ E.

.―The greatest depth was sounded by the Sofia in 1868, 2,650 fathoms, in latitude 78° 05' N., longitude 2° 30' W. In the minor seas the maximum depths so far as ascertained are:

January, 1889.