The publication of heezen and tharp s physiographic map of the north atlantic in 1957 was the first map of the sea floor that enabled the general public to begin to visualize what the ocean floor really looked like.
Sea floor map atlantic.
This distinctive physical map of the atlantic ocean floor appeared on national geographic as a supplement to the map of the atlantic.
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.
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.
Atlantic ocean 2500x1900 back to.
Here is a map of the atlantic ocean floor shown in great detail using shaded relief.
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.
Here for your delectation is the spectacular rare atlantic ocean floor.
The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.