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WATER at a temperature of more than 44° C and salinity exceeding 270 parts per thousand (close to saturation) has been found by the R.R.S. Discovery in a small depression bolow 2,000 m depth in the Red Sea near 21° 17′ N., 38° 02′ E. Three previous expeditions1–3 have reported abnormal water in this neighbourhood, but nothing so extreme.
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SWALLOW, J., CREASE, J. Hot Salty Water at the Bottom of the Red Sea. Nature 205, 165–166 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205165a0
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