This image is the result of a survey conducted in the waters off Mt. Vernon.
Mt. Vernon
Image courtesy of the Search for the Lost French Fleet of 1565 Expedition, NOAA-OER/St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum. Download larger version (jpg, 566 KB).

This image is the result of a survey conducted by LAMP and the Institute of Maritime History in the waters off Mt. Vernon, George Washington’s home. All of the sidescan sonar images produced by the survey have been mosaicked together using geographic position data from the GPS. Mosaics give us a seamless view of the entire area of seafloor scanned with the sonar, and let scientists know exactly what area we have successfully covered. This map was produced with SonarWiz.MAP software.

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