Mar 19, 2025 · This map of ocean floor features like seamounts southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, is based on sea surface height data from SWOT. Purple denotes regions that are lower relative to higher areas like seamounts, indicated with green.

NCEI is the official distribution point for NOS bathymetric maps, bathymetric/fishing maps, regional maps, geophysical maps, and preliminary maps. Topographic maps of the sea floor. Detailed depth contours provide the size, shape and distribution of underwater features.

Dec 12, 2024 · A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

Mar 24, 2025 · NASA's SWOT satellite has created a detailed map of the ocean floor, capturing deep sea features and a window into the history of the planet.

Mar 31, 2025 · There are better maps of the Moon’s surface than of the bottom of Earth’s ocean. Researchers have been working for decades to change that. As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the ocean floor, using data from the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite.

Oct 4, 2014 · Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced. Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice...

Dec 20, 2024 · The SWOT satellite (Surface Water and Ocean Topography), launched into orbit in 2022 and the result of the collaboration between NASA and the French National Center for Space Studies (CNES), allowed you to get a new one very detailed map of the ocean floor.

Oct 9, 2014 · This super-detailed map of the ocean floor's topography is based on satellite measurements of subtle lumps on the ocean's surface. These lumps of water, which are subtle, low, and...

Living Oceans Foundation creates interactive GIS maps of ocean floor from high resolution imagery via remote sensing for habitat maps and marine reserves.

Mar 21, 2025 · An ultra-detailed map of the ocean floor uses gravity-based data collected by satellite. NASA and CNES launched the satellite to survey Earth’s surface water.