National Geographic Pacific Ocean Floor Map
Most wall maps stop at the shoreline. This one begins there.
This National Geographic map pulls the water away and renders the largest ocean basin on Earth as physical terrain: trenches, ridges, rises, and abyssal plains shown with the same tonal contrast National Geographic reserves for continental relief. It is drawn at 1:29,688,000 in the Miller Cylindrical projection, an adaptation of Mercator in which rhumb lines run as straight segments holding constant angles to the meridians. The sheet originally appeared in National Geographic’s 11th Edition Atlas of the World and is now sold on its own.
Earth science and oceanography teachers use it for plate tectonics and seafloor spreading units, and home school parents appreciate that the physical story reads without a legend lecture. It also holds a wall well in a home office or a coastal-themed room, where the blues carry the design.
Map Shop finishes it your way:
- Paper
- Satin lamination
- Mounted to foam core
- Hung on black or walnut rails
- Framed

