File:Lake Superior bathymetry map.png

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English: Lake Superior bathymetric shaded relief map contoured with interval 25 m (100 m with thicker lines). The deepest point, roughly off its southeastern shore, is marked with "×". For land, the vertical datum is sea level; for bathymetry, low water datum of the lake.

According to NGDC information, Lake Superior data this map is based on are incomplete.

The map was created using the Generic Mapping Tools, GMT, version 5.1.1.
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Own work using: the following Public Domain datasets (grids):

  • Great Lakes Bathymetry from National Geophysical Data Center http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/greatlakes/greatlakes.html. Credits:
    • National Geophysical Data Center, 1999. Bathymetry of Lake Superior. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. [access date: 2015-03-23].
      (the general reference to NGDC because this lake was never published, compilation of Great Lakes Bathymetry at NGDC has been suspended).
    • National Geophysical Data Center, 1999. Bathymetry of Lake Huron. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V5G15XS5 [access date: 2015-03-23].
      (only small portion of this map)
  • GLOBE http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/gltiles.html - land part of this map. Credits:
    National Geophysical Data Center, 1999. Global Land One-kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) v.1. Hastings, D. and P.K. Dunbar. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V52R3PMS [access date: 2015-03-16].

The coordinates of deepest point are taken from the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory webpage (www.glerl.noaa.gov/, kml file Google Earth Great Lakes Tour).
The contours are generated by the GMT program, not downloaded from the NGDC website because they are not available for Lake Superior.
The color palette of the depth scale was made to be more or less similar to the color palettes used on the NGDC maps of other Great Lakes.

 
This map was created with GMT.
Author Darekk2 using the Great Lakes Bathymetry and GLOBE tiles
Other versions
The same map but not shaded: Lake Superior bathymetry map 2.png

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current18:08, 9 May 2015Thumbnail for version as of 18:08, 9 May 20151,024 × 636 (1,014 KB)Darekk2more Huron
15:58, 11 April 2015Thumbnail for version as of 15:58, 11 April 20151,024 × 636 (1,014 KB)Darekk2Reverted to version as of 15:53, 11 April 2015 that was not shaded map
15:54, 11 April 2015Thumbnail for version as of 15:54, 11 April 20151,024 × 636 (699 KB)Darekk2added some annotations to contours, made contours with interval 100 m bold, made contours 300 m white, added rivers and minor lakes
15:53, 11 April 2015Thumbnail for version as of 15:53, 11 April 20151,024 × 636 (1,014 KB)Darekk2added some annotations to contours, made contours with interval 100 m bold, made contours 300 m white, added rivers and minor lakes
15:06, 1 April 2015Thumbnail for version as of 15:06, 1 April 20151,024 × 636 (1,004 KB)Darekk2User created page with UploadWizard

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