Google has an explanation of the "ship tracks":
"By measuring the time it takes for sound to travel from a ship to the sea floor and back, you can get an idea of how far away the sea floor is. Since this process — known as echosounding — only maps a strip of the sea floor under the ship, the maps it produces often show the path the ship took, hence the ship tracks."
The dots indicate the soundings produced in this area.
Credit: Google
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Yes, they're ship tracks
scubagrl | 02/25/09
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train0 | 02/25/09
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please elaborate
pikeman666 | 02/26/09
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stefanis | 02/25/09
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bt582@... | 02/25/09
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Looks like Atlantis to me. . .
jimbo@... | 02/25/09
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email@... | 02/25/09
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meenal.mukadam | 02/26/09
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Why Atlantis?
hizaleus | 02/26/09
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d.esposito@... | 02/26/09
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The gift that keeps on giving.
Gaius_Maximus | 02/26/09
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