Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is located off Boston, Massachusetts, extending from Race Point Channel (just north of Cape Cod) to the southern part of Jeffreys Ledge. In cooperation with NOAA, surveys of the seafloor were conducted on four cruises over a two-year period from the fall of 1994 to the fall of 1996 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 Stellwagen Bank NMS. Click on figure for larger image.

Maps available

• Maps of Quadrangles 1-18 at 1:25,000 showing:
  
  Contours of seafloor topography (digital and paper)
  ONLINE at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-138/
  
  Seafloor topography in shaded relief view and as contours (digital and paper)
  ONLINE at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/of99-363/
  
  
• Maps of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary at 1:60,000 showing:
  
  Contours of seafloor topography (digital and paper)
  
  Seafloor topography in shaded relief view and as contours (digital and paper)
  
  Backscatter intensity, shaded relief topography, and contours (digital and paper)
  
  ONLINE at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-410/
  
  
• Maps of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Western Massachusetts Bay at 1:125,000 showing:
  
  Seafloor topography in shaded relief view, depth in color, and topographic contours
  
  Backscatter intensity, shaded relief topography, and contours

List of publications from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Mapping

For more information:

Page Valentine
U.S. Geological Survey
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
pvalentine@usgs.gov