McMurdo Sound bathymetry

Local McMurdo Sound bathymetry overlaid on a MODIS satellite image of McMurdo Sound. B-15A can be seen located between two shallow seamounts.

Figure created by Jessica Walker, GIS Analyst, Raytheon Polar Services Company, for the U.S. Antarctic Program. Bathymetry data provided by Dr. Fred Davey (Davey, F.J. 2004. Ross Sea Bathymetry, 1:2,000,000, version 1.0. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences geophysical map 16. Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, Lower Hutt, New Zealand); MODIS Imagery by NASA MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; and GPS data on iceberg motion by Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.