Ocean Floor Terrain Map

This graphic shows several ocean floor features on a scale from 0 35 000 feet below sea level.
Ocean floor terrain map. This is expensive and time consuming so sonar maps are mostly only made of places where ships spend the most time. These lumps of water which are subtle low and wide on the. The map serves as a tool for performing scientific engineering marine geophysical and environmental studies that are required in the development of energy and marine resources. 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.
Topographic maps of the sea floor. Feature images and videos on your map to add rich contextual information. This super detailed map of the ocean floor s topography is based on satellite measurements of subtle lumps on the ocean s surface. Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced.
Map of the summit of ruby volcano the area of dive j2 194. 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. 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.
Detailed depth contours provide the size shape and distribution of underwater features. Hr satellite altimetry data of the western pacific from the equator to japan. The ocean floor is colored to reflect the terrain features of the sub sea surface. Northwest pacific from guam to iwo jima.
Hr map of two peaks on the ne end of davidson seamount. The scripps sea floor map has also been used to discover a new microplate in the indian ocean. The new rendering is a bit higher resolution much higher in places and is presumably more accurate than the. Map showing the location and topography of seamount x and forecast.