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The oceans cover more than two thirds of the world's surface yet it is often said that we know more about the shape of the surface of Mars than we do about that of our global seafloor. Read 'Understanding oceans' in the UNESCO Courier, Apr-Jun 2017, pages 65 - 69; by Vice Admiral (Rtd.) Shin Tani

The Nippon Foundation and GEBCO are pleased to announce the launch of Seabed 2030. This project aims to facilitate the complete mapping of the ocean floor by the year 2030. The announcement was made by Mr Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, at the United Nations (UN) Ocean Conference

In February this year, the GEBCO-NF Alumni team was announced as one of up to 21 semi-finalists that have advanced to the Round 1 field tests stage of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition. The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is a global competition with the aim of advancing deep-sea

Access an ‘opinion paper’ on airline flight paths over the unmapped ocean: Smith, W. H. F., K. M. Marks, and T. Schmitt (2017), Airline flight paths over the unmapped ocean, Eos, 98, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO069127. Published on 08 March 2017. Find out more about GEBCO and how to contribute

GEBCO-NF team has been announced as one of 21 semi-finalists that have advanced to Round 1 of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition. The team consists of alumni from the Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Training Programme and industry expert advisors. This exciting opportunity reflects the hard work

Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry at the University of New Hampshire, USA (2017-2018) The Nippon Foundation of Japan has provided funding for GEBCO to train a new generation of scientists and hydrographers in ocean bathymetry. The 12-month course, leading to a Postgraduate Certificate in

A team of graduate fellows from The Nippon Foundation GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry (PCOB) Training Programme are taking part in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The GEBCO-NF Team put forward their challenge in San Diego, California, in December last year. The three year

The GEBCO Symposium is a one day event that brings together international experts to discuss innovative technologies and approaches that are pushing the boundaries of ocean floor mapping. This year, the GEBCO Symosium will be held on 15th November 2017 in Busan, South Korea. We are interested in

The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco in June 2016 and was attended by over 150 senior representatives, scientists, scholars and business associates from major ocean related organisations from around the world. The Forum endorsed the objective of Seabed2030 – that the

As on land, features on the seafloor are given names. This helps to identify them and to describe their form. The GEBCO Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) works to ensure that features are given unique and appropriate names, reducing the possibility of confusion, e.g. a feature being