Sandwell, David T.; Walter H.F. Smith (1997年). “Exploring the ocean basins with satellite altimeter data”. Satellite Geodesy. La Jolla: Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 2010年1月19日閲覧。 “The Louisville seamount chain was first detected in 1972 using depth soundings collected along random ship crossings of the South Pacific. Six years later the full extent of this chain was revealed by a radar altimeter aboard the Seasat (NASA) spacecraft.”