Solomon Islands, Marovo, Bathymetry Survey Chart, 1 :50 000

This record holds the bathymetry chart of Marovo Island in the Solomon Islands . High-resolution bathymetric mapping survey, was conducted for the seabed surrounding the island of Marovo, to collect data. The survey was carried out from the 1st of July 2005 to the 6th of July 2005 using Reason 8160 MBES equipment and from the 30th of June to the 7th of July 2005 using Reason 8101 MBES ,resulting in the acquisition of part of over 1 535 km of multibeam echosounder (MBES) data collected for the Solomon Islands. The resultant data was used to produce a bathymetry chart of Marovo at 1:25 000 and dataset in XYZ text file, available from a separate record.
This work was initiated by the SOPAC/EU Reducing Vulnerability of Pacific ACP States Project (Task no.: NR 1.1.1).
Bathymetry chart can be downloaded from this record under the Distribution Info section with appropriate permission from the Secretariat.This bathymetric map gives a descriptive picture of the ocean bottom terrain, vividly revealing the size, shape and distribution of underwater features, and serve as the basic tool for scientific, engineering, marine geophysical and environmental studies, as well as marine and coastal resource management.Marovo Lagoon in the Solomon Islands is the world's largest enclosed lagoon.Area covered by MBES was 5 km inside the reef systems and maximum depth coverage of 500 m.