Coastal and Marine Geology Program Internet Map Server:
Monterey Bay Region

Monterey Bay composite backscatter image - Composite mosaic at 10 m resolution of the twenty-four sidescan sonar mosaics created by the U.S. Geological Survey. The data collected during the time period of 1995 - 1998 and the individual mosaics are available for online access and download. Type: GeoTIFF image(UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

backscatter imagery list

places - Name of places in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Type: feature - point shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

metadata

places.tgz

U.S. cities and towns (preview) - Cities and towns in the United States. This data layer has been clipped to the extent of the map view.  The zip file contains the complete dataset. Type: feature - point shapefile. (Source: citiesx020 - USGS/National Atlas)

U.S. urban areas (preview) - U.S. urban areas. This data layer has been clipped to the extent of the map view. The zip file contains the complete dataset. Type: feature - polygon shapefile. (Source: urbanap020 - USGS/National Atlas)

urbanap020.zip

NOS80k (preview) - Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline shapefile. This data layer has been clipped to the extent of the map view. The zip file contains the complete NOS80k data layer for the 48 contiguous United States. TYPE: feature - polygon shapefile. (Source: NOAA)

Central California region (preview) - Bathymetric contours from 1:250,000-scale NOAA charts. Type: feature - polyline shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Southern Monterey Bay area (preview) - Bathymetric contours from EM1000 multibeam sonar data. Type: feature - polyline shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Monterey Bay region (preview) - Bathymetric contours based on NOAA swath bathymetry, 50-m resolution. Type: feature - polyline shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Color encoded bathymetry and topography of the Monterey Bay area - 20m (preview) - A color encoded image of the bathymetry and topography data for the area between Point Año Nuevo and Point Sur, California, 20-m resolution. Type: feature - GeoTIFF image (UTM10, NAD83).  (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

quad75 - backscatter (preview) - index map of the 22 7.5-minute quadrangles of the available multibeam backscatter images. Type: feature - polygon shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (Source:USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Coastline - 80k (preview) - Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline shapefile created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS). Type: feature - polyline shapefile.(UTM10, NAD83).   (Source: NOAA) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Fed/State boundary - Contains the Digital Offshore Cadastre, Pacific83 - Submerged Lands Act (SLA) Boundary as defined and created by the Minerals Management Service (MMS). The zip file contains the complete boundary for the U.S. West Coast region. Type: feature - polyline shapefile. (Source: MMS).

Monterey Bay GIS extent (preview) - contains the offshore boundaries of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries (MBNMS) and the adjacent major water sheds for central California that define the USGS Monterey Bay GIS. Type: feature - polygon shapefile. (Source: USGS/CMGP)

Coastline Photos (preview) - Point locations from which digital photographs of the California coastline from Año Nuevo to Santa Cruz were taken. Type: feature - point shapefile. (Source: USGS/CMGP) (DDS-61)

Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise - Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) that expresses the relative vulnerability of the coast to physical changes due to sea-level rise. This data layer has been clipped to the extent of the map view. The zip file contains the complete dataset.  Type: ARC 'e00' export (Source: USGS/CMGP) (DDS 68 - Download Data)

Geomorphology - Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) that expresses the potential of coastal erodibility of different landform types. This data layer has been clipped to the extent of the map view. The zip file contains the complete dataset. Type: ARC 'e00' export (Source: USGS/CMGP) (DDS 68 - Download Data)

Erosion - Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) that expresses the relative vulnerability of the coast to physical changes due to sea-level rise. This data layer has been clipped to the extent of the map view. The zip file contains the complete dataset. Type: ARC 'e00' export (Source: USGS/CMGP) (DDS 68 - Download Data)

Relocated earthquakes (preview) - Relocated earthquake hypocenters in the offshore Monterey Bay area. Type: feature - point shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Connecting vector for relocated earthquakes (preview) - The connecting vector for each pair of old and new earthquake hypocenter as made available in the data layer eqrelocp. Type: feature - polyline shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Earthquakes greater than magnitude 2.5 (preview) - Earthquakes from 1975 - 2000 of coda magnitude 2.5 or greater for the Monterey Bay area.  Type: feature - point shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Seafloor rocks and sediment (preview) - Seafloor rocks and sediment from Año Nuevo to Pfeiffer Point. Type: feature - polygon shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Holocene sediment thickness (preview) - Holocene sediment thickness.  Type: feature - polyline shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Tectonics (preview) - Tectonic structure of central California from Point Sal to Point Arena. Type: feature - GeoTIFF image (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Composite shaded relief image of 1995 EM1000 multibeam data - 5m - mnt95nsd (preview) / mnt95ssd (preview) - Shaded relief images of the Monterey Canyon between Moss Landing and the city of Monterey, California, based on EM1000 multibeam sonar data collected in 1995, 5-m resolution. The area is available in two images that comprise the northern (mnt95nsd) and southern (mnt95ssd) half of the area. Bathymetric grids of the data used to produce the images are also available from here. Type: feature - GeoTIFF image (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Composite shaded relief of Monterey Bay - 10m - mtcansd (preview) / mtshlfsd (preview) / sgfsd (preview) / sursd (preview) - Shaded relief images of the shelf between Monterey Canyon and Point Sur, California, based on EM300 multibeam sonar data, 5-m resolution. Bathymetric grids of the data used to produce the images are also available from here. Type: feature - GeoTIFF image (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Bathymetry and topography of the Monterey Bay area - 30m(preview) - Shaded relief image of the bathymetry and topography data for the area between Point Año Nuevo and Point Sur, California, 30-m resolution. This data is also presented as a color encoded image. Bathymetric grids of the data used to produce the images are also available from here. Type: feature - GeoTIFF image (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

Central California elevation and offshore bathymetry (preview) - Shaded relief image combining the on-shore elevation and offshore bathymetry of the area between San Francisco and Point Sur, California, 250-m resolution. Bathymetric grids of the data used to produce the images are also available from here. Type: feature - GeoTIFF image (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)

GLORIA sidescan sonar composite mosaic - Composite mosaic of the GLORIA sidescan sonar mosaics that fall within the Monterey Bay region map view. To view the complete list of available U.S. Pacific West Coast GLORIA mosaics, click here. Type: GeoTIFF image. (Source: USGS/CMGP)

dredge samples (McCulloch, 1985) (preview) - Location and contents of dredge samples (McCulloch and others, 1985). Type: feature - point shapefile (UTM10, NAD83). (Source: USGS/CMGP) (OFR 01-179 - Data Catalog)