Massachusetts Bay

This mapping combines the data collected on multibeam surveys of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Western Massachusetts Bay to produce a map of the Massachusetts Bay. The map also utilizes data from the NOAA Coastal Relief Model for nearshore areas and the USGS Digital Elevation Model for the land. The multibeam surveys were carried out from the fall of 1994 to the fall of 1998 using a Simrad EM-1000 multibeam echo sounder.

Cooperators: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS).

Survey area for Massachusetts Bay. Click on figure for larger image.

Maps available:

• Maps of the Massachusetts Bay (combining Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary and Western Massachusetts Bay) at 1:125,000 showing Sea floor topography in shaded relief view, depth in color, and topographic contours

List of publications from Massachusetts Bay mapping

For more information:

Bradford Butman, Page Valentine
U.S. Geological Survey
Woods Hole Science Center
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
bbutman@usgs.gov;
pvalentine@usgs.gov