Indian Ocean Region

There are some excellent geological atlases covering the Indian Ocean. For coverage of some of the individual islands, please see the listings indicated in the chart below.

Amsterdam Island
Christmas Island - see Australia
Cocos/Keeling - see Australia
Crozet Islands
Heard Island - see Australia
Kerguelen Islands 		Maldives
Mauritius
Mayotte
Reunion
St. Paul Island
Seychelles

Indian Ocean map
Indian Ocean Floor Map. National Geographic Maps Classic Collection. 1992. This attractive physical map of the Indian Ocean floor appeared in the June 1992 issue of National Geographic. It contains an article entitled "Changing the Face of Earth" and additional information on continental drift. The map showss detail of such submarine terrain as fracture zones, basins, and ridges is stunning. A wonderful companion to the ocean floor map of the Pacific Ocean which appeared in the same issue.
Thumbnail image of the entire map
Sample of the map detail.
Ordering NGS - Indian Ocean Floor map66-11150flat$29.95
Ordering NGS - Indian Ocean map, laminated.66-11150LLaminated$39.95

 

Indian Ocean political map
Indian Ocean Political Map. National Geographic Atlas Collection. This informative map shows ocean depths and currents, trade winds and other wind patterns, major sea locations, as well as surrounding countries and continents.

  • Available as either 29 x 36" map or 36 x 48" map
  • Both sizes available as plain paper or laminated edition.
    Thumbnail image of the entire map
    Sample of the map detail.
    Ordering NGS - Indian Ocean political map66-1115129 x 36", flat$24.95
    Ordering NGS - Indian Ocean map, laminated.66-11151L29 x 36", laminated.$39.95
    Ordering Indian Ocean political map, large.66-1115236 x 48", flat$54.95
    Ordering Indian Ocean political map, large.66-11152L36 x 48", laminated.$99.95

     

    Map of the Indian Ocean. 1:20,000,000. CGMW, 2004. Two sheets - sbeet one shows the physiography of the Indian Ocean. Sheet two is a structural map of the region. Each sheet is 118 x 77 cm in size.
    Sample of the physiography sheet
    Sample of the structure sheet
    Physiography map. This map with its computer-generated image of the emerged and submarine morphology includes isobaths at -200m, -1000m, and then every 1000m. The map also shows the approximately 300 active or Holocene volcanoes and approximately 40 impact craters.
    Structural map. This map represents onshore simplified geologic featuers: basins, orogenies, major faults, etc. Offshore the accent is on the structuration of the oceanic crust: chronostratigraphic ages, spreading axes, transform faults, subduction zones, and anomalous reliefs such as aseismic ridges and oceanic plateaus. Earthquakes of 5.0 magnitude or greater are plotted both onshore and offshore.
    Ordering Indian Ocean Map (CGMW)66-1101Two sheets + text.$29.95

    (Indian Ocean) World Ocean Atlas Series, Atlantic & Indian Oceans. 1977. USSR. Excellent oversized atlas with 306 pages of maps illustrating currents, temperature, explorers' routes, and much more. In Russian. This is the same atlas as listed in the Atlantic Ocean section.
    Ordering Atlantic Ocean--Atlas66-1004Atlas$225.00

    (Indian Ocean) Geological and Geophysical Atlas. 1991. IOC (Moscow). The atlas includes numerous maps; developments of ocean research technology; research data; and bibliography. In English; 151 pages. Our stock is limited.
    Ordering Indian Oc.--Geology/Geophysics66-1105Geological Atlas$195.00

    Indian Ocean Seismicity Map. NOAA. 1970. Shows seismic activity for 1962-1969. A black/white map.
    Ordering Indian Ocean--Seism. Map 1 she66-11101 sheet, folded$3.95


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