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The localization scheme is an extension of a two-hydrophone localization approach based on time differences between direct and surface-reflected arrivals, an approach with significant advantages, but also drawbacks, such as left-right ambiguity, high range\/depth uncertainties for broadside sources, and high bearing uncertainties for endfire sources. These drawbacks can be removed by adding a third hydrophone. The 3D localization problem is separated into two, a range\/depth estimation problem, for which only the hydrophone depths are needed, and a bearing estimation problem, if the hydrophone geometry in the horizontal is known as well. The refraction of acoustic paths is taken into account using ray theory. The condition for existence of surface-reflected arrivals can be relaxed by considering arrivals with an upper turning point, allowing for localization at longer ranges. A Bayesian framework is adopted, allowing for the estimation of localization uncertainties. 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