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Our mission

Our mission is to inspire ocean mapping and deliver a complete seabed map for the benefit of people and the planet.

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project (Seabed 2030) is a pioneering initiative accelerating ocean mapping efforts. We are a global community working with partners across industry, governments, research, philanthropy, NGOs, and civil society to achieve a complete map of the entire seabed by 2030.

Seabed 2030 is a flagship programme of the United Nation’s Ocean Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).

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22 November 2023 News & Events, Press Releases, News & Updates: Featured story

Sizeable data contribution from ARGANS to Seabed 2030 fills critical gaps in definitive ocean map

ARGANS, a leading Earth observation company, has contributed a significant dataset of 8,000 square kilometres to The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project – the project seeking to inspire the complete mapping of the entire ocean floor by 2030. This contribution was made possible thanks to the European Space Agency (ESA), which supported projects leading to the generation of satellite-derived bathymetry.

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07 November 2023 News & Events, Press Releases, News & Updates

Seabed 2030 and FarSounder unite to advance oceanic understanding

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered into a new partnership with FarSounder, a leading manufacturer in forward looking sonar (FLS) technologies. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, the parties will work together to advance the collective understanding of the ocean floor in pursuit of the complete map of the entire seabed.

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About Us

The Nippon Foundation and the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) formed Seabed 2030 as an ambitious call to action for humanity to mobilise and accelerate efforts to produce a definitive map of our ocean by 2030 and make it available to all.

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Our Centers

  • bodc
  • awi
  • ldeo
  • su
  • niwa
  • DCDB

  • Global Center

    The Global Center is based in the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) in Liverpool, UK. It is responsible for collating gridded bathymetric data products from the Regional Centers to feed into the GEBCO ocean map.

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  • Southern Regional Center

    Based at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, the Southern Ocean Regional Center acts as the regional focus for data compilation and coordination activities in the Southern Ocean region and the south Atlantic, south Pacific, and south Indian Ocean south of 50°S.

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  • Atlantic and Indian Oceans Regional Center

    The Atlantic and Indian Oceans Regional Center acts as the regional focus for data compilation and coordination activities for Seabed 2030 in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. The Center is based at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University, Palisades, USA.

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  • Arctic and North Pacific Ocean Regional Center

    The Arctic and North Pacific Ocean Regional Center acts as the regional focus for data compilation and coordination activities for Seabed 2030 in the Arctic and Northern Pacific Ocean region. It is jointly hosted by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC) at the University of New Hampshire and the Department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University, Sweden.

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  • South and West Pacific Ocean Regional Center

    Based at the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), the South and West Pacific Ocean Regional Center acts as the regional focus for data compilation and coordination activities in the South and West Pacific region.

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  • IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry

    The IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry is a central repository for raw bathymetric data and all data compiled by Seabed 2030 and is hosted by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado. The DCDB archives and freely shares depth data acquired vessels during surveys or while on passage.

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