Pathfinder Bank is located approximately 275 km west of Anatahan in the West Mariana Arc. Pathfinder Bank is 3 km southeast of its plotted position on NOAA's Nautical Chart 81004 and includes areas shallower than 10 m, rather than the 8 fathoms (15 m) shown on the chart. It was mapped in September 2003 using single-beam sonar and an underwater video camera during the NOAA MARAMP cruise. Hard and soft corals were found on ridges of carbonate pavement, separated by channels containing rubble.
Cruises CoRIS Metadata Record Names
OES0307 cred_toad_pathfinder_reef_oes0307_2003
Resource Description: Digital video images that are geo-referenced to navigation files.