Depth Contours for select locations across the U.S. Pacific Islands

Description

These data are depth contours (isobaths) derived at 50 meters for most islands and reefs in the Mariana Archipelago, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. Contours at 10- or 20-meter depths have also been derived for a subset of the same locations. These contours are derived from bathymetry sources including multibeam data collected by Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) at the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) since 2003, NOAA nautical charts, estimated depths derived from satellite images, and other sources of bathymetry collected by various agencies and entities.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 FTP link to download the zip file that contains a shapefile for each 10- or 20-meter depth contour shapefile that has been prepared for a subset of the locations in the region (Marianas, American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas). A ReadMe text file is provided for each region that includes information about the source data used to derive the contours. ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/webdocs/contours_2016/2016_contour_poly.zip
57 FTP link to download the zip file that contains a shapefile for the 10-m depth contour shapefile that has been prepared for Jarvis. A ReadMe text file is provided that includes information about the source data used to derive the contour. The 10 m contour polygon file for Jarvis was not provided in 2016 as there was a lack of sufficient data available at that time to derive the isobath. Access to additional better quality WorldView imagery for Jarvis allowed for new estimated depths to be generated, and therefore sufficient depth information is now available to derive the 10-m isobath. ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/pria/benthichabitatlayers/jar_2m_hardsoft.zip
57 FTP link to download the zip file that contains a shapefile for the 10-m depth contour shapefile that has been prepared for Howland. A ReadMe text file is provided that includes information about the source data used to derive the contour. The 10 m contour polygon file for Howland was not provided in 2016 as there was a lack of sufficient data available at that time to derive the isobath. Access to additional better quality WorldView imagery for Howland allowed for new estimated depths to be generated, and therefore sufficient depth information is now available to derive the 10-m isobath. ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/pria/benthichabitatlayers/how_2m_hardsoft.zip
0 FTP link to the folder that contains the zip files to be downloaded, one zip file for each region (Marianas, American Samoa, and Pacific Remote Island Areas). Each region zip file contains a 50-m depth contour shapefile for each island/bank/reef/atoll in the region. A ReadMe text file is provided for each region. ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/webdocs/contours/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/29717
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 The Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC) website. https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/29717.pdf

Tags

  • guguan island
  • agrihan island (18n145e0002)
  • farallon de pajaros (20n144e0001)
  • kingman reef (06n162w0001)
  • crep
  • ofu island (14s169w0013)
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • united states of america
  • american samoa (14s170w0000)
  • western pacific ocean
  • pacific remote islands marine national monument
  • alamagan island (17n145e0002)
  • maug
  • johnston atoll (16n169w0001)
  • asuncion island (19n145e0001)
  • wake atoll
  • guguan island (17n145e0001)
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • baker island
  • northern mariana islands
  • depth contour
  • pifsc
  • equatorial pacific ocean
  • 467
  • jarvis island (00s160w0001)
  • farallon de medinilla
  • pacific remote island areas
  • maug island
  • palmyra atoll (05n162w0001)
  • rota island
  • tutuila island (14s170w0016)
  • bathymetry
  • oceans
  • zealandia bank (16n145e0005)
  • rose atoll marine national monument
  • coral reef conservation program
  • rota island ( luta ) (14n145e0007)
  • maug island (20n145e0001)
  • northern mariana islands ( cnmi ) (18n146e0000)
  • american samoa
  • aguihan island reefs
  • mapping and ecospatial information products to support coral reef ecosystem management in the pacifi
  • noaa
  • guam
  • aguihan
  • pagan island (18n145e0001)
  • marianas
  • nmfs
  • farallon de pajaros
  • south bank (14s170w0067)
  • baker island (00n176w0001)
  • swains atoll (11s171w0001)
  • guam (13n144e0000)
  • us doc
  • tinian island reefs
  • uracas island (20n144e0002)
  • ta'u island (14s169w0012)
  • howland island
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • manu'a group
  • olosega island (14s169w0014)
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • line islands
  • national marine fisheries service
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • south galvez bank (13n144e0060)
  • mariana archipelago
  • manu'a islands (14s170w0038)
  • galvez bank (13n144e0049)
  • pria
  • depth curve
  • cred
  • howland island (00s176w0001)
  • guguan
  • saipan island
  • rota
  • saipan
  • marianas trench marine national monument
  • pagan
  • aguihan island (aguijan) (14n145e0006)
  • central pacific ocean
  • usa minor outlying islands
  • agrihan island
  • bathymetric contour
  • mariana islands
  • pagan island
  • derived products
  • asuncion island
  • nw pacific
  • ocean basin
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • johnston atoll
  • saipan island (15n145e0002)
  • supply reef (16n145e0004)
  • sarigan island (16n145e0003)
  • rose atoll (14s168w0001)
  • uracas island
  • pacific ocean
  • geographic information
  • farallon de medinilla (16n145e0002)
  • country/territory
  • eleven mile reef (13n144e0059)
  • tinian
  • wake atoll (19n167e0001)
  • alamagan island
  • sarigan island
  • south pacific ocean
  • tinian island (14n145e0005)
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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