Stellwagen Bank Map

Geological survey using computer visualization software to turn bathymetric maps into a three dimensional image.

Stellwagen bank map. Wwelles14 cc by 3 0. Sea floor ruggedness is not distributed evenly throughout the map region and this is reflected in the color intervals on the map and in the area calculations in table 1. Stellwagen bank is the centerpiece of the stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary which encompasses a total of 638 square nautical miles or 842 square miles.

Stellwagen bank is a shallow primarily sandy feature curving in a southeast to northwest direction for 19 miles. The shallowest point on stellwagen bank is the famed. The usgs stellwagen bank mapping project is producing a series of maps 18 quadrangles at a scale of 1 25 000 that depict topography backscatter and the distribution of sedimentary environments and biological habitats in the stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary region as well as overview maps at scales of 1 60 000.

Based on the page stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary. See this page s contributions. It is roughly 6 miles across at its widest point at the southern end.

Geological survey open file report 99 363 1 cd rom. Stellwagen bank nms that is outlined by the dashed line on the map. The sanctuary also includes all of tillies bank situated to the northeast of stellwagen bank and southern portions of jeffreys ledge situated to the north.

Stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary officially the gerry e. American samoa map national marine sanctuary offices and visitor centers closed to the public. Bathymetric map of the stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary courtesy of noaa sbnms please visit source.

Text is available under the cc by sa 4 0 license excluding photos directions and the map. While the top of the bank averages about 100 to 120 feet it drops off into 300 feeton its western side. Topographic maps and perspective view imagery of quadrangles 1 18 stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary off boston massachusetts.