The European Atlas of the Seas provides information about Europe’s marine environment. Users can view predefined and ready to use maps, covering topics such as environment, tourism, security, energy, transport, litter, sea bottom, fishing activity, aquaculture, and much more.
Users can also benefit from an enriched catalogue with more than 275 map layers, covering a wide range of topics, to explore, collate and create their own maps. These maps can be printed, shared and embedded in articles or presentations. The Atlas is the ideal tool for schools, researchers and professionals, or anyone wishing to know more about the European seas and its coastal areas.
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Are you a teacher or an educator interested in ocean literacy? The teachers’ corner of the European Atlas of the Seas contains exercises for different age groups as well as communication tools. It is an open platform where you can find and share information, educational material, inspirations and much more!
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Latest Maps of the Week
This map shows the main European rivers and lakes and various river drainage basins, grouped according to the sea into which the water drains.
This map shows projects developed by Young Ocean Advocates, young project holders whose projects have been recognised and accredited by the European Commission as making a meaningful and lasting change for the ocean.
This map shows the different marine research facilities in Europe based on the Marine Research Infrastructures database from EurOcean.
This map presents the distribution of Posidonia oceanica (commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tape weed), a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.
This map gives an overview of the bathing water quality (e.g. excellent, good, sufficient and poor) along the European coasts.
This map shows the ratio of Marine Protected Area (MPA) and terrestrial area for each European country.