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Surface of the Earth (ETOPO2v2new) 2 minute color relief images

color scale in meters depth/elevation
go to a higher resolution view at 90N 180W. go to a higher resolution view at 90N 135W. go to a higher resolution view at 90N 90W. go to a higher resolution view at 90N 45W. go to a higher resolution view at 90N 0E. go to a higher resolution view at 90N 45E. go to a higher resolution view at 90N 90E. go to a higher resolution view at 90N 135E.
go to a higher resolution view at 45N 180W. go to a higher resolution view at 45N 135W. go to a higher resolution view at 45N 90W. go to a higher resolution view at 45N 45W. go to a higher resolution view at 45N 0E. go to a higher resolution view at 45N 45E. go to a higher resolution view at 45N 90E. go to a higher resolution view at 45N 135E.
go to a higher resolution view at 0N 180W. go to a higher resolution view at 0N 135W. go to a higher resolution view at 0N 90W. go to a higher resolution view at 0N 45W. go to a higher resolution view at 0N 0E. go to a higher resolution view at 0N 45E. go to a higher resolution view at 0N 90E. go to a higher resolution view at 0N 135E.
go to a higher resolution view at 45S 180W. go to a higher resolution view at 45S 135W. go to a higher resolution view at 45S 090W. go to a higher resolution view at 45S 45W. go to a higher resolution view at 45S 0E. go to a higher resolution view at 45S 45E. go to a higher resolution view at 45S 90E.go to a higher resolution view at 45S 135E.

Click on a 45 degree by 45 degree square above to zoom in,
then click on the image that comes up to see a full-resolution image

Go to ETOPO2v2 data & more information

These images were generated from the ETOPO2v2 (2006) database. ETOPO2v2 was created at NGDC from digital databases of seafloor and land elevations on a 2-minute latitude/longitude grid (1 minute of latitude = 1 nautical mile, or 1.852 km). Assumed illumination is from the west; shading is computed as a function of the east-west slope of the surface with a nonlinear exaggeration favoring low-relief areas. A Cylindrical Equidistant projection was used for the world image, which spans 360 degrees of of longitude from 180 West eastward to 180 East; latitude coverage is from 90 degrees North to 90 degrees South. The resolution of the gridded data varies from true 2-minute for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean floors and all land masses to 5 minutes for the Arctic Ocean floor. Clicking on a square above brings up a 512 x 512 pixel color relief image of the 45 degree area selected, clicking on the 512 x 512 image brings up the full-resolution 1350 x 1350 pixel (roughly 3 mb) color image of the area.

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