The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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WEST AFBICA.
runuino- obliquely from north-east to south-west across the section between Liberia
and Brazil, abruptly changes its direction under the latitude of Cape Palmas, some
five desrecs from the coast. Here the hig-hcr '^rounds, still however flooded to
to 1,100
Fathoms.
CJ
to S.S0O
Fig. G. Depths of the Socth Afeican AxLAi-nc.
1,100 to 1,650
Fathoms.
.'!,.')00 to G.GOO
Feet
Scale 1 : 60,000,000.
Depthg.
1,650 to 2,200
Pathoms.
Heights.
0,600 to 13,200
Feet.
-^-^K^
2,200 to 2,570
Fathoms.
1,500 Miles.
2,750 Fathoms and
upwards.
13,200 Feet and
upwards.
depths of l,4UfJ and 1,700 fathoms, trend due north and south between the oceanic
depression near the African coast and the still more profound ab^•sses on the
American side. This partiu- line, above which rise the peak of Ascension and the