NOAA/NCEI 180-m Bathymetry: Mariana Trench

A 180-m (6 arc-second) resolution gridded digital elevation model (DEM) for the bathymetry (ocean depth) of the Western Pacific Ocean surrounding the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's oceans. The extent of the DEM encompasses not only the Mariana Trench, but also the West Mariana Ridge and the East Mariana Ridge, the island of Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It was compiled by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), formerly the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), from various data sources including international, federal, and academic partners. Not to be used for navigational purposes. For a grayscale hillshade image layer of this dataset, see "mp_ngdc_all_bathy180m_hillshade" in the distribution links listed in the metadata. For further details about this dataset, please see: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.dem:4870/html.

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Temporal extent1985-01-01 – 2011-12-31
Date (creation)2012-06-18
Date (revision)2012-06-18
Date (issued)2015-07-30
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyasNeeded
Metadata languageen
LicenseThe data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for navigational or legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
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Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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