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Picture showing topo/bath
profile for region.
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Note the extreme depths in
the vicinity of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, particularly between St.
Croix and the other Virgin Islands.
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These steep bathymetric
features have a significant impact on the geoid and oceanic datums.
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Insufficient gravity
coverage over these ocean areas will contribute to a poorer results in PR/VI
due to extrapolation.
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