Ocean Floor Depth Map

The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.
Ocean floor depth map. Atlantic ocean 2500x1900 back to. Hr this low resolution bathymetric map shows us the average seafloor depth of a 200m square area. This bathymetric map created using the em 300 multibeam sonar shows the ridge crest at 4 times greater resolution than previous maps. This is expensive and time consuming so sonar maps are mostly only made of places where ships spend the most time.
The maps also bring erupting mid ocean ridges into sharper focus and help scientists understand volcanic eruptions the vast majority of which occur hidden far from view on the ocean floor. Typically finely wrought ocean maps have been the result of extensive sonar. Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as. Please see our system requirements for more.
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. This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level. Detailed depth contours provide the size shape and distribution of underwater features. Bathymetric and fishing maps viewer.
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