AWI Bathymetric Chart of the Weddell Sea (BCWS)
Copyright © Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, 1998
- Chief Editor: Hans Werner Schenke
- Scientific Compilation: Heinrich Hinze
- Cartography: Ute Weihmüller & Bernd Hoppmann Media Factory GbR, Bremerhaven
- Printing: Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie, Hamburg
- Publication: Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, 1998
The AWI Bathymetric Charts of the Weddell Sea (BCWS) is a 1:1,000,000 map series plus a 1:3,000,000 master sheet (borders 66°W-2°E, 66°S-78.5°S) based on a new compilation of bathymetric data in the Weddell Sea.
Sheet index of the AWI Bathymetric Chart of the Weddell Sea (BCWS)
AWI BCWS - Maps and Downloads
The BCWS is Copyright © Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, 1998-2001.
The BCWS may be freely distributed electronically for non-commercial uses only.
You have to keep the copyright information attached.
Caution: Due to incomplete survey coverage dangers may exist, particularly within the 200 metre depth contour. For further information on navigation, magnetic variation, ocean currents, and ice in the area of this map see Sailing Directions and Routing Charts and contact the Hydrographic Offices or IHB. For further information on research stations and glaciology contact the SCAR. For further informations on bathymetry contact the IHB-IOC GEBCO Committee or AWI.
BCWS sheets, status and download
| No. | SHEET | STATUS | PS | |
| Master | Southern Weddell Sea | published | Master (PDF) | Master (PS) |
| 533 | Antarctic Peninsula, Bransfield Strait | in preparation | ||
| 534 | South Orkney | in preparation | ||
| 535 | Northern Weddell Sea | in preparation | ||
| 551 | Larsen Basin | medium term planning | ||
| 552 | Antarctic Canyon | medium term planning | ||
| 553 | Eastern Weddell Sea | in preparation | ||
| 566 | Ronne Trough | medium term planning | ||
| 567 | Filchner Trough | published | 567 (PDF) | 567 (PS) |
| 568 | Lyddan | published | 568 (PDF) | 568 (PS) |
Preview of BCWS sheets
Master sheet 1:3,000,000
Projection Stereographic, True Scale at 71°S
BCWS sheets 1:1,000,000
Map projection: Mercator
Horizontal datum: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
Sheet 535, Northern Weddell Sea
Sheet 534, South Orkney
Sheet 533, Antarctic Peninsula, Bransfield Strait
Sheet 553, Eastern Weddell Sea
Sheet 552, Antarctic Canyon
Sheet 551, Larsen Basin
Sheet 568, Lyddan
Sheet 567, Filchner Trough
Sheet 566, Ronne Trough