Here for your delectation is the spectacular rare atlantic ocean floor.
Sea floor map atlantic.
Here is a map of the atlantic ocean floor shown in great detail using shaded relief.
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.
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.
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.
The following features are shown at example depths to scale though each feature has a considerable range at which it may occur.
The detail of such submarine terrain as continental slopes abyssal plains and the mighty mid atlantic ridge is stunning.
National geographic map side b.