SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously ...

We were amazed at this to-scale map ... Ocean near the Philippines. Near the top is a tiny black dot, a to-scale representation of a 6-foot-tall person. Below that is the maximum diving depth ...

NGM MAPS. Source: “spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean,” Ben S. Halpern and others, Nature Communications; UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected ...

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into the movement of heat and marine life across the world's oceans ...

Ocean depth is divided into zones: littoral, bathyal, abyssal and hadal. The deepest part of the ocean, the hadal zone, is anywhere deeper than six kilometres. What is the average depth of the ocean?