World Map of Extended Continental Shelf Areas depicts areas of continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from territorial sea baselines, also referred to as extended continental shelf (ECS).

The World Map of Extended Continental Shelf Areas depicts areas of ECS asserted by coastal States worldwide, as of the date of publication of this map. Combined, these ECS areas cover …

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during …

2024年6月10日 · The United States has ECS in seven offshore areas: the Arctic, Atlantic (east coast), Bering Sea, Pacific (west coast), Mariana Islands, and two areas in the Gulf of Mexico. …

2023年10月19日 · A continental shelf extends from the coastline of a continent to a drop-off point called the shelf break. From the break, the shelf descends toward the deep ocean floor in what …

The North American continental shelf presents a vastly different picture than the map of the same land area. It is broken up into four separate regions: Alaska Region, Pacific Region, Gulf of …

2017年4月25日 · A continental shelf is the edge of a continent lying beneath the ocean. This shelf extends from the coastline of a continent to a drop off point called the shelf break. The shelf …

The bathymetric map, when combined with the other three maps, serves as a base for making geological-geophysical studies of the oceans bottom's crustal geophysical data for the …

Map of the Outer Continental Shelf. The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is a legally defined geographic feature of the United States. The OCS is the part of the internationally recognized …

Detailed relief map of the United States continental shelf in north Alaska, including US extended continental shelf claims. Alaska features some of the most prominent continental shelves in …