Base Maps

• Coastlines
  • 1:250,000 World Vector Shoreline
• Images
  • GEBCO Pseudo-Color Continental Image
  • GLOBE Project Continental Relief Map
• Ancillary Material
  • Graticules
  • Area of Interest Frame

Data Layers

Geosphere

• Geology
  • Geological Provinces of Africa
  • Deep See Drilling Sites
  • Ocean Drilling Program Sites
• Hazards
  • Earthquake Zones
  • Significant Earthquake Sites
  • Tsunami Event Sites
  • Tsunami Runup Sites
• Landcover
  • Landcover from AVHRR Satellite
  • Soil Types
  • Soil Depths
  • Soil Slope
  • Soil Texture
• Gridded Sediment Depth

Hydrosphere

• Temperature
  • Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature
  • World Ocean Atlas (WOA) Sea Temperature
• Salinity
  • WOA Salinity
• Nutrients
  • WOA Nitrate
  • WOA Phosphate
  • WOA Silicate
  • WOA Oxygen
• Currents
  • Richardson Ship Drift Surface Currents
• Sea Level
  • GLOSS Sites

Atmosphere

• Temperature
  • Cooperative Ocean-Atmosphere Data (COADS) Air Temperature
• Pressure
  • COADS Air Pressure
• Precipitation
  • Climate Prediction Center Monthly Long-Term Means of Precipitation
• Clouds
  • Actic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP) Cloudiness
• Humidity
  • COADS Specific Humidity
  • National Centers for Climate Prediction Relative Humidity

Biosphere

• Biological Oceanography
  • Phytoplankton
    • Chlorophytes
    • Chromophytes
    • Coccolithophores
    • Diatoms
    • Dinoflagellates
  • Zooplankton
    • Amphipoda
    • Annelida
    • Brachiopoda
    • Bryozoa
    • Cephalopoda
    • Chaetognatha
    • Cnidaria
    • Ctenophora
    • Decapoda
    • Echinodermata
    • Euphosiacea
    • Gastropoda
    • Hemichordata
    • Mollusca
    • Nematoda
    • Nemertea
    • Ostracoda
    • Phoronida
    • Platyhelminthes
    • Polychaeta
    • Porifera
    • Rotifera
    • Thaliacea
    • Tunicates
    • Total Biomass at 0 meters
    • Total Biomass at 16 meters
  • Pigments
    • MODIS-Aqua Surface Chlorophyll
• Special Areas & Species
  • Marine Protected Areas
    • RAMSAR Wetlands for Coastal Africa
    • RAMSAR Biosphere Reserves for Africa
    • RAMSAR World Heritage Sites for Africa
    • ReefBase Marine Protected Areas for Coastal Africa
  • Protected Species
    • African Chimaera
    • Blue Shark
    • Common Tern
    • Dusky Grouper
    • Giant Grouper
    • Sandwich Tern
    • Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
    • Spotted Eagle
    • St. Joseph Shark
    • Whale Shark
  • Invasive Species
    • 34 individuals
• Fisheries
  • Mapping
    • FAO Fisheries Zones
• Zoology
  • Invertebrates
    • Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa (MASDEA)
  • Corals
    • ReefBase Reef Locations
• Marine Botany
  • Algae & Kelp
    • AlgaeBase Maps of African Genera
  • Mangroves
    • FAO Mangrove Statistics
• Terrestrial Vegetation
  • White's Vegetation Index

Human Environment

• Geopolitics
  • VMap0 National Borders
  • Flemish Oceanographic Data Center Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase (EEZ)
• Infrastructure
  • VMap0 Submarine Cables
• Maritime
  • VMap0 Ports
  • VMap0 Rocks/Obstructions
• Population
  • World Population Density
• Tourism
  • UNEP Five-Star Coastal Hotels
  • UNEP Annual Tourist Arrivals