Map Of The Atlantic Ocean Floor

The atlantic ocean is the second largest of the world s oceans with an area of about 106 460 000 km 2 41 100 000 sq mi.

Map of the atlantic ocean floor.

It shows such locations as the mid atlantic ridge mid ocean canyon the biscay abyssal plain and the rio grande rise this is the unused huge. This distinctive physical map of the atlantic ocean floor appeared on national geographic as a supplement to the map of the atlantic. The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur. National geographic map side b.

It covers approximately 20 percent of earth s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. 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. Here is a map of the atlantic ocean floor shown in great detail using shaded relief. The detail of such submarine terrain as continental slopes abyssal plains and the mighty mid atlantic ridge is stunning.

It separates the old world from the new world the atlantic ocean occupies an elongated s shaped basin extending longitudinally between europe and africa to the east. This is expensive and time consuming so sonar maps are mostly only made of places where ships spend the most time. Typically finely wrought ocean maps have been the result of extensive sonar. 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.