2017 AD–2026 AD
Seabed 2030 assembles an open global bathymetric map
Oceans, navigation & cartography · Hydrography & bathymetry · Institutions & standards
The Nippon Foundation and GEBCO launched Seabed 2030 to assemble scattered soundings into an openly available global bathymetric grid. As of 20 April 2026, the project reported 28.7 percent of the seafloor mapped to its standard, about 104 million square kilometers; this is a dated snapshot, not a completed map.
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- 1. seabed2030.org (opens in a new tab)
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- 2026-04-20
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- 2. www.gebco.net (opens in a new tab)
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- 2026-09-23
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