Ocean Floor around Antarctica
This map turns the usual view of the continent inside out. Instead of an ice sheet in white, National Geographic renders the submarine terrain ringing Antarctica: the ridges, abyssal plains, trenches, and continental shelves that sit under the Southern Ocean, from the waters off the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea. Strong tonal contrast separates shallow shelf from deep basin, so the shape of the seafloor reads clearly from across a room.
It is a strong fit for geography and earth science classrooms, home school lessons on plate tectonics and ocean basins, and any home office or study where polar science is the subject.
- Published by National Geographic and drawn from the Atlas of the World, 11th Edition, now sold as a stand-alone wall map
- Scale of 1:17,417,000
- Azimuthal Equidistant projection centered on the South Pole, keeping all points proportionally correct in distance from the center
- Available through Map Shop on paper or laminated, mounted to foam core, railed, or framed in black or walnut molding

