Map Of Caribbean Sea Floor

Colors denote depth below sea level and elevation on land.
Map of caribbean sea floor. The caribbean sea is an oceanic sea largely situated on the caribbean plate. 1732 map of the west indies. Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as. The caribbean sea floor is divided into five basins separated from each other by underwater ridges and mountain ranges.
Map of the north american caribbean tectonic plate boundary. The caribbean has been well traveled for 300 years and this historic map by herman molls is surprisingly complete and accurate. Estimates of the sea s age range from 20 000 years to 570 million years. 1 063 000 sq mi 2 754 000 sq km.
Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced. Topographic maps of the sea floor produced at a 1 100 000 scale that contain loran c rates bottom sediment types and known bottom obstructions. It is approximately 1 063 000 square miles 2 753 000 square km in extent. 2081x1240 0 99 mb go to map.
Large detailed map of caribbean sea with cities and islands. 1970x1246 924 kb go to map. Caribbean sea political map. The problem with that approach is that our oceans are vast and ships are small meaning only a tiny percentage of the ocean floor between 5 15 percent nasa estimates was mapped.
Each consist of three sheets a base bathymetric map. Atlantic ocean water enters the caribbean through the anegada passage lying between the lesser antilles and virgin islands and the windward passage located between cuba and haiti. 2131x1366 728 kb go to map. Caribbean sea physical map.
Researchers have built a detailed map of the ocean floor s topography by using satellites to spot subtle watery lumps on the ocean s surface. 7 686 m 25 217 ft. Learn more about the caribbean sea in this article. Asterisk location of the january 12 2010 earthquake.
Geographicus a seller of fine antique maps explains. This is herman molls small but significant c. Caribbean sea suboceanic basin of the western atlantic ocean lying between latitudes 9 and 22 degrees n and longitudes 89 and 60 degrees w.