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The GEBCO chart series was initiated in 1903 by Prince Albert I of Monaco - providing information on the shape and depth of the global seafloor. Through the 20th Century, there were five paper editions of the charts series before GEBCO released its first digital products in the early 1990s. The

The GEBCO-NF Alumni Team, one of the teams competing in the $7 Million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition, has entered its testing phase ahead of the competition’s upcoming semi-final stage. Find out more, read our latest press release (246 KB) The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is a global

After an election at the IHO Assembly in April this year, the GEBCO community is pleased to send its congratulations to the new IHO Secretary General, Dr Mathias Jonas and Directors Rear Admiral (retired) Mustafa Iptes and Captain Abri Kampfer. About the IHO The International Hydrographic

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project aims to facilitate the complete mapping of the ocean floor by the year 2030. It builds on over 100 years of GEBCO's history in global seafloor mapping. The Seabed 2030 Project was announced at the United Nations Ocean Conference in New York on 6 June

The Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Programme is a twelve-month course leading to a Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry (POCB). It is held at the University of New Hampshire, USA and aims to build a new generation of seafloor mappers. The Year 13 scholars recently had the opportunity to

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