Multibeam sonar map of a deep-sea coral area off Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
Sonar Map
Image courtesy of Mike Rhode and Steve W. Ross (UNCW). Download image (jpg, 213 KB).

Multibeam sonar map of a deep-sea coral area off Cape Lookout, North Carolina. The black dot near the center marked "deployment" is the surface position where a benthic lander was dropped. Three dots marked "Tri 1-3" are surface locations used to take range data to the lander. The dot marked "X" is the bottom position for the lander calculated from the range triangulations.

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