side-scan sonar
noun
: a sonar that scans the ocean floor to the side of a ship's track and is used especially for mapping the ocean bottom
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The natural resources department said multiple other emergency agencies assisted them by deploying boats equipped with side-scan sonar and helicopters for search and rescue missions.
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Dalia Faheid, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
In 2022 and 2023, the team began using side-scan sonar to study the seafloor.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
The Port Police deployed a vessel equipped with side-scan sonar for further underwater searching.
—Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
Maritime historians with the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association used historical records and a homemade side-scan sonar device to find the lost ship earlier this year, according to an announcement this week.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
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Dalia Faheid, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
In 2022 and 2023, the team began using side-scan sonar to study the seafloor.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
The Port Police deployed a vessel equipped with side-scan sonar for further underwater searching.
—Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
Maritime historians with the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association used historical records and a homemade side-scan sonar device to find the lost ship earlier this year, according to an announcement this week.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
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“Side-scan sonar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side-scan%20sonar. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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