West Florida Shelf, Gulf of Mexico

Central Region Shaded-Relief Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter

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Description of the movie

Fly-by of the shaded-relief bathymetry of West Flower Garden Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico. The movie flies by a modern living reef platform, the top of which is at about 15 m water depth. The upper white contour line is 30-m water depth and the lower contour line is 42-m water depth. The top of the platform is approximately 1 km long and 275 m wide. The flight approaches from the west toward the north side of the reef platform.

For more information about the West Flower Gardens data collection activities please visit our Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary Metadata site.

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U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Western Coastal & Marine Geology Seafloor Mapping

URL: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/fl-fly.html
maintained by Pete Dartnell
last modified 15 November 2006 (lzt)