Coastal Bathymetry of the Bering, Chuckhi, and Beaufort Seas

• Main Author: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 1997
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; oceans; bathymetry; contours; distributions; bathymetry and elevation; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Arctic Ocean; Arctic; Chukchi; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/622943b8-dc48-40f3-8dd3-66635964cd5c

Bathymetric contours were generated from soundings collected by National Ocean Service vessels from ~1900 to ~1971. The 1:250,000 maps are available for U.S. coastal waters. Bathymetric contours are in meters, with 10 meter intervals out to 200 m, supplemented by 2 m contours. Beyond 200 m, contours...