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2. Depth finder - Wikipedia

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   A depth finder may refer to any of the following: Sonar: use of underwater sound propagation to measure depth; Fathometer or fishfinder: a device to locate fish at various water depths; Echo sounding: a technique using sound pulses to measure depth; sounding line: a length of rope used to measure water depth

3. Underwater locator beacon - Wikipedia

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   A 4-inch (100 mm) underwater locator beacon, with ballpoint pen for scale A ULB attached to a bracket on a cockpit voice recorder. An underwater locator beacon (ULB), underwater locating device (ULD), or underwater acoustic beacon is a device that emits an acoustic pulse intended to guide searchers equipped with a suitable receiver to the location of the beacon underwater.

4. Fishfinder - Wikipedia

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   The first fishfinder, i.e. sonar device meant to find underwater fish or schools of fish, was invented in Japan in the 1940s by the Furuno brothers, who were radio repairmen. Building from the knowledge of fishermen who were able to determine the presence of fish, and their number, from bubbles, the Furuno brothers first planned to detect these ...

5. Light level geolocator - Wikipedia

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   A red knot equipped with a GLS.. A light level geolocator, light-level logger or global location sensor (GLS) is a lightweight, electronic archival tracking device, usually used in bird migration research to map migration routes, identify important staging areas, and sometimes provide additional ecological information.

6. Blue-chinned sapphire - Wikipedia

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   The blue-chinned sapphire or blue-chinned emerald (Chlorestes notata) is a hummingbird that ranges from Colombia south and east to the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, and Brazil. [3] There have been occasional records from Tobago .

7. Side-scan sonar - Wikipedia

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   The transducers were either contained in one hull-mounted package or with two packages on either side of the vessel. Next the transducers evolved to fan-shaped beams to produce a better "sonogram" or sonar image. In order to get closer to the bottom in deep water the side-scan transducers were placed in a "tow fish" and pulled by a tow cable.