Hard copy charts
Find out how to obtain a range of printed charts, publications and digital products.
The bathymetry data shown on the map is based upon the GEBCO One Minute Grid. The land imagery is taken from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Blue Marble data set.
| Poster | Area | Remarks | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEBCO World Map | Global | Mercator Projection, on a scale of 1:35 million at the Equator Access a digital copy of the map |
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The charts were published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service between 1975 and 1982. The bathymetric contours digitised from these charts formed the basis for the first release of the GEBCO Digital Atlas (GDA) in 1994. Since then the GDA has been updated in some areas with more recent bathymetric compilations.
| Flat sheets | Area | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Sheets | Mercator Projection, on a scale of 1:10 million at the Equator | |
| 2 Sheets | Polar regions | Polar Stereographic Projection to 64 latitude, on a scale of 1:6 million (at 75 latitude) |
| 1 Sheet | World | (being a photoreduction of the above) Mercator Projection, on a scale of 1:35 million (at the Equator); Polar insets 1:25 million (at 75 latitude) |
| 1 Full set | World | Full set of 19 sheets (flat) and Supporting Volume |
| 1 Boxed set | World | Boxed Set containing all 19 sheets (folded) and Supporting Volume |
| Order from: Canada, IHB, UK | ||
The International Bathymetric Chart (IBC) series are a set of regional mapping projects of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.
| Flat Sheets | Area | Remarks | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sheets, individual sheets | Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea | Scale of 1:1 million (at 38°N) | UK | |
| Complete set (10 Sheets) | Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea | As above | UK | |
| 1 Sheet | Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea | Scale of 1:5 million (at 38°N); Black Sea 1:10 million | UK | |
| Find out more about the IBCM | ||||
1.1 Bouguer Gravity Anomalies (IBCM-G)
1.2 Seismicity (IBCM-S)
1.3 Thickness of Plio-Quaternary Sediments (IBCM-PQ)
1.4 Unconsolidated Bottom Surface Sediments (IBCM-Sed)
1.5 Magnetic Anomalies (IBCM-M) (1:5M sheet not yet available)
| Flat Sheets | Area | Remarks | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sheets, individual sheets | Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea | Scale of 1:1 million (at 38°N) | UK | |
| Complete set (10 Sheets) | Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea | As above | UK | |
| 1 Sheet | Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea | Scale of 1:5 million (at 38°N); Black Sea 1:10 million | UK | |
| Access digital copies of some of the charts | ||||
- Chapter 1 General and Bathymetry (Reprinted June 1997, now under review)
- Chapter 2 The Bouguer Gravity Map of the Mediterranean Sea (IBCM-G)
- Chapter 3 Thickness of Plio-Quaternary Sediments (IBCM-PQ)
- Chapter 4 Investigating instrumental seismicity data sources for the Mediterranean region (IBCM-S)
- Chapter 5 Unconsolidated Bottom Surface Sediments (IBCM-Sed)(awaited)
- Chapter 6 The Magnetic Anomalies of the Eastern Mediterranean revisited and the Black Sea ones presented
- Seismicity catalogue
Order from the UK
| Chart | Sheets Published | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean (IBCWIO) | Paper sheets 1.04 and 1.07 published by the German Hydrographic Office, Hamburg | Scale of 1:1M at the Equator |
| Find out more about the IBCWIO | ||
No sheets published yet.
See IBCSEP web site for information on chart preparation and availability.
The following publications (B-6, B-7, and B-8) are maintained by the International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco
This publication can be downloaded from GEBCO's web site, the following language versions are available
- English/French
- English/Spanish
- English/Korean
- English/Japanese
- English/Russian
- English/Chinese
Each publication contains a form for submission of proposals for names of undersea features. In the hope that all oceanographic institutes and (more importantly) all oceanographic research vessels could carry copies of this publication and submit proposals for names of newly discovered features to the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN).
This publication is currently under revision and is not available.
Find out how to access a free copy of the Gazetteer in spreadsheet or PDF form.
- The Geological/Geophysical Atlas of the Indian Ocean (English/Russian; published 1975)
- The International Geological/Geophysical Atlas of the Atlantic Ocean (English/Russian; published 1991)
- The International Geological/Geophysical Atlas of the Pacific Ocean (English/Russian; in press 2003)
- Russian Navy Atlas of the Oceans
Volume 1 Pacific Ocean
Volume 2 Atlantic & Indian Oceans
Volume 3 Arctic Ocean
Volume 4 Straits of the World Ocean
Volume 5 Man and the Oceans
(Volumes 1, 2, and 3 are Russian only, but they come with a separate booklet: 'English version of the Foreword, Contents and Index'. Volume 4 is bilingual English/Russian, Volume 5 is in English, available on disk.)
Source UK