North Atlantic Sea Floor Map

A computer enhanced multibeam bathymetry map of the northwestern and northern gulf of mexico continental shelf and slope.
North atlantic sea floor map. Each consist of three sheets a base bathymetric map. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. Map of the northern gulf of mexico showing the nearly 4 000 active oil and gas platforms. According to sandwell the new mapping capability is important for a variety of.
These include thousands of volcanoes and what could be the ridge where two. The latter include the caribbean sea the gulfs of mexico and st. This map shows the alvin dive track along the seafloor. In contrast to the south atlantic the north atlantic is rich in islands in the variety of its coastline and in tributary seas.
Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. Lawrence and hudson and baffin bays on the west and the baltic north mediterranean and black seas on the east. When you have eliminated the javascript whatever remains must be an empty page. A marine gravity map of the north atlantic ocean red dots show locations of earthquakes with magnitude 5 5 and they highlight the present day location of the seafloor spreading ridges and.
Enable javascript to see google maps. The map has more than twice the resolution of previous seafloor maps and shows a plethora of never before seen features. This map shows north atlantic ocean countries cities major ports roads. Like the vertical gradient map of the north atlantic seafloor the red and blue colors represent fracture zones.
Topographic maps of the sea floor produced at a 1 100 000 scale that contain loran c rates bottom sediment types and known bottom obstructions. This product is intended to aid fishermen and those needing seafloor features and potential fishing grounds. Continental shelf 300 feet continental slope 300 10 000 feet abyssal plain 10 000 feet abyssal hill 3 000 feet up from the abyssal plain seamount 6 000 feet.