I came across a beautiful map of a fairly large area of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean yesterday and wanted to share it for this week’s Sea-Floor Sunday. I have a few snapshots of the map in ...

The new bathymetric chart of the Arctic Ocean With a strategic position, the Arctic is a mythic ocean in the story of the great geographical explorations to discover the secrets of the polar regions.

This has been combined with the existing IBCAO bathymetry map to create a new and improved hybrid bathymetry map of the Arctic Ocean.

A global bathymetric map – that is, a map of the ocean’s floor – would certainly offer a better understanding of our blue planet, but it also might plunge us into a realm once reserved for ...

Ashley Chappell, integrated ocean and coastal mapping coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explained the many uses for bathymetric maps, saying, “Data is used in ...

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, featureless oceans. Beneath the waves, the ocean floor was largely unknown ...

GEBCO stands for General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans. It is the only intergovernmental organisation with a mandate to map the entire ocean floor.

Here is a bathymetry map of the northern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the southeast Atlantic coast. The warmer colors show a shallow seabed, and cooler colors show deeper waters.

Although the release of the ‘Ocean’ feature in newest GoogleEarth was last week, I still have a few other draft posts with great bathymetric images I wanted to get out. Plus, I haven’ t had ...

With the new maps presented by GNS Science, the general public and other scientists can examine the lost continent, learn more about how it was formed, and what the ocean floor looks like around ...