Puerto Rico Trench Sector.--With the disappearance of the Bahama Banks at the eastern edge of Navidad Bank, the continental margin assumes its third mode of expression: the marginal trench-outer ridge complex. The outer ridge, which nearly disappeared in the southeastern Bahama sector, again becomes a prominent feature. The last traces of the marginal plateau merge with the continental slope of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Trench develops rapidly east of Navidad Bank; it lies between the outer ridge and the continental slope or landward trench slope of the Greater Antilles. The relief of the outer ridge is somewhat greater than that observed on the outer ridge farther northwest near the Blake Plateau. The floor of the Puerto Rico Trench is divided into two parts by a longitudinal ridge. The deepest parts of both are floored by nearly level trench plains. The deeper one on the outer or northern side maintains a nearly constant depth at 4358 fathoms (4585 fathoms corrected) for 150 miles (Ewing and Heezen, 1955). The southern or inner trench is more variable in depth, and the trench plain lies intermittently along its length. Its depth ranges from 3600 to 4300 fathoms (uncorrected). The walls of the Puerto Rico Trench are formed by a series of extremely steep segments which show a remarkable persistence along the trench. Profiles W-32 and W-33 illustrate the typical trench profile north of Puerto Rico. Breaks in slope are observed at 700 fathoms and at 1500 fathoms; at 2000 fathoms the gradient steepens to > 1:6. In this region all soundings are side echoes. The outer or seaward wall of the trench is also characterized by a succession of laterally persistent slope segments. A bench at 3800 fathoms at the top of a scarp which drops to the bottom of the trench is characteristic of several profiles. Anegada Passage.--The Virgin Islands Bank extends 30 miles east of Puerto Rico along the south side of the Puerto Rico Trench. Between the Virgin Islands Bank and St. Croix a deep passage cuts through from the Atlantic to the Caribbean. This deep passage is 130 miles long and runs along an e-ne-w-sw line. Its walls are extremely steep (9°-43°) (Frassetto and Northrop, 1957). The structure of this feature has been studied by Shurbet and Worzel (1957) and by J. Ewing et al. (1957).