Shapefiles
Maritime Boundaries
- World EEZ v9 (2016-10-21, 123 MB) - downloads: 7560
[Download] [0 to 360 Degrees] [Low res] [KML] [Change history] [Known issues]
- World 24 Nautical Miles Zone (Contiguous Zone) v1 (2016-10-21, 44 MB) - downloads: 1004
[Download] [KML] [Known issues] - World 12 Nautical Miles Zone (Territorial Seas) v1 (2016-10-21, 50 MB) - downloads: 1700
[Download] [KML] [Known issues] - World Internal Waters v1 (2016-10-21, 52 MB) - downloads: 916
[Download] [KML] [Known issues] - World Archipelagic Waters v1 (2016-10-21, 27 MB) - downloads: 625
[Download] [KML] [Known issues]
Exclusive Economic Zones Boundaries (EEZ)
- World EEZ v9 (2016-10-21, 123 MB) - downloads: 7560
[Download] [0 to 360 Degrees] [Low res] [KML] [Change history] [Known issues] - World EEZ v8 (2014-02-28, 65 MB) - downloads: 12856
[Download] [Low res] [Change history] [Known issues] - World EEZ v7 (2012-11-20, 67 MB) - downloads: 5447
[Download] [Low res] [Change history] [Known issues] - World EEZ v6.1 (2011-05-12, 84 MB) - downloads: 5749
[Download] [Low res] [KML] [Change history] [Known issues] - World EEZ v6 (2011-03-30, 84 MB) - downloads: 6620
[Download] [Low res] [KML] [Change history] [Known issues] - World EEZ v5 (2009-10-01, 86 MB) - downloads: 3899
[Download] [KML] [Change history] [Known issues] - World EEZ v4 (2009-08-11, 86 MB) - downloads: 820
[Download] [KML] [Change history] - World EEZ v3 (2009-04-30, 85 MB) - downloads: 658
[Download] [KML] [Change history] - World EEZ v2 (2008-10-31, 4 MB) - downloads: 1240
[Download] [Change history] - World EEZ v1 (2006-01-26, 4 MB) - downloads: 1981
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IHO Sea Areas
- Version 2 (2017)
- Version 1 (2005)
Marineregions: intersect of EEZ's and IHO areas
- Version 2 - 2012 (4.96MB) [Known issues] (created from EEZ version 7, update will follow soon)
- Version 1 - 2010 (5.55MB)
Marine and land zones: the union of world country boundaries and EEZ's
- Version 2 - 2014 (2119kb) (created from EEZ version 8)
- Version 1 - 2012 (2006kb) [Known issues] (created from EEZ version 7)
World Marine Heritage Sites
FAO Fishing Areas
Large Marine Ecosystems of the World
- Go to LME-website
Longhurst Biogeographical Provinces
ICES Ecoregions
ICES Statistical areas
ICES Statistical rectangles
IOS Zooplankton Regions
OSPAR Boundaries and Regions
Marine Ecoregions of the World, MEOW (Spalding et al., 2007)
Continental margins between 140m and 3500m depth (IFREMER - COMARGE, 2009)
The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer
- v16 2015 (67.3 MB)
- v14 2013 (63.7 MB)
- v13 2012 (59.6 MB)
- v12 2012 (59.4 MB)
- v11 2012 (59.5 MB)
- v9 2011 (51.5 MB)
- v8 2011 (51.5 MB)
- 2010 (48.4 MB)
- 2009 (48.4 MB)
Statistics on Marbound and IHO (Costello et al., 2011)
TDWG Geography shapefiles
- More information and the shapefiles can be found on Kew GIS Unit
GEBCO Gazetteer of undersea feature names
- More information and the files can be found on http://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/undersea_feature_names.
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)
- More information and the grid files can be found on www.gebco.net
ETOPO1 Global Relief Model
- More information and the grid files can be found on www.ngdc.noaa.gov
The NAFO Convention Area
- More information and the files can be found on https://www.nafo.int/Data/GIS
Terrestrial Ecoregional Boundaries Shapefile (TNC)
- More information and the files can be found on http://maps.tnc.org/gis_data.html#TerrEcos
Global contourite distribution Shapefile
- Contourite distributions (version 2014) (234kb)
- Contourite distributions (version 2013) (157kb)
- More information and the files can be found on http://www.vliz.be/projects/contourites
