Seamounts and Abyssal Hills Mapped From Space

Depictions of the seafloor derived from satellite data can improve underwater navigation and increase knowledge of how heat and life move around the world’s ocean.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Seamounts and Abyssal Hills Mapped From Space.

NASA Earth Observatory maps by Michala Garrison using SWOT data provided by Yu, Y., et al. (2024). Video by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio. Story by Jane Lee/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, adapted for Earth Observatory.

Published April 1, 2025

Sources:: Model; SWOT > KaRIn