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Location of the second observatory

Hikurangi seafloor map: locations of sub-seafloor observatories

This seafloor maps shows the third site U1519, where the second and final observatory was installed. It sits above the sedimentary basin on what scientists call the upper plate boundary.

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Rights: The International Ocean Discovery Program
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