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Archaeological sonar survey, Lepanto (Naupactus, Greece) - 1972

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1972-06-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Naupactus, Greece
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Sonar instruments being towed alongside a vessel, surveying the area of the Battle of Lepanto (1571) in Greece in 1972. (CC)


HEE-SC-01938

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