Atlantic ocean 2500x1900 back to.
Sea floor map atlantic.
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.
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.
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.
Here for your delectation is the spectacular rare atlantic ocean floor.
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.
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.