Data Description

Citation:
Yesson, C et al. (2011): List of seamounts in the world ocean. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.757562,
In Supplement to: Yesson, Chris; Clark, MR; Taylor, M; Rogers, AD (2011): The global distribution of seamounts based on 30-second bathymetry data. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 58(4), 442-453, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.02.004
Related to:
Becker, JJ; Sandwell, DT; Smith, WHF; Braud, J; Binder, B; Depner, J; Fabre, D; Factor, J; Ingalls, S; Kim, S-H; Ladner, R; Marks, K; Nelson, S; Pharaoh, A; Trimmer, R; Von Rosenberg, J; Wallace, G; Weatherall, P (2009): Global bathymetry and elevation data at 30 Arc seconds resolution: SRTM30_PLUS. Marine Geodesy, 32(4), 355-371, doi:10.1080/01490410903297766 *
Project(s):
Ecosystem based management of corals, fish and fisheries in the deep waters of Europe and beyond (CoralFISH) *
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -4.817644 * Median Longitude: -7.208865 * South-bound Latitude: -75.145264 * West-bound Longitude: -179.979167 * North-bound Latitude: 84.979736 * East-bound Longitude: 179.983333
Minimum ELEVATION: -7373.0 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: -2.0 m a.s.l.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethodComment
1Identification *IDYesson, Chris *PeakID - Unique identifier
2ELEVATION *Elevationm a.s.l.Geocode
3Height *hmYesson, Chris *Average height of summit above the surrounding sea floor
4LONGITUDE *LongitudeGeocode
5LATITUDE *LatitudeGeocode
6Area in square kilometer *Areakm2Yesson, Chris *based on the 2 dimensional (flat) area encompassed by eight equally space radii extending a maximum of 20km from the summit
7Filter *FilterYesson, Chris *Data set describes a subset of the 33k seamounts removing features with overlapping bases. 0 signifies features removed by this filtering process.
License:
CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
Size:
133808 data points

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