Track of the USS ENTERPRISE across the Indian Ocean. Note the 3097 fathomsounding southwest of Sumatra. That sounding is the first indication of the JavaTrench. A few years later, Sir John Murray named that area the Enterprise Deep, a name which has
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Date: 1883
Credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Collection
Location: Indian Ocean
Subject: Exploration
Subject: Maps