Bathymetry of the Sandy Hook artificial reef (2-m resolution Esri binary grid and 32-bit GeoTIFF, Mercator, WGS 84)
The Sandy Hook artificial reef, located on the sea floor offshore of Sandy Hook, New Jersey was built to create habitat for marine life. The reef was created by the placement of heavy materials on the sea floor; ninety-five percent of the material in the Sandy Hook reef is rock. In 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey surveyed the area using a Simrad EM1000 multibeam echosounder mounted on the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) ship Frederick G. Creed. The purpose of this multibeam survey, done in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when the Creed was in the New York region in April 2000, was to map the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor in the area of the Sandy Hook artificial reef. The collected data from this cruise are bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and navigation trackline.
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|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Bradford Butman", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:bbutman@usgs.gov" } |
| description | The Sandy Hook artificial reef, located on the sea floor offshore of Sandy Hook, New Jersey was built to create habitat for marine life. The reef was created by the placement of heavy materials on the sea floor; ninety-five percent of the material in the Sandy Hook reef is rock. In 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey surveyed the area using a Simrad EM1000 multibeam echosounder mounted on the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) ship Frederick G. Creed. The purpose of this multibeam survey, done in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when the Creed was in the New York region in April 2000, was to map the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor in the area of the Sandy Hook artificial reef. The collected data from this cruise are bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and navigation trackline. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_59b2b99be4b020cdf7dc141c |
| keyword |
[ "Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) ship Frederick G. Creed", "Canadian Hydrographic Service", "Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP)", "Esri binary grid", "GeoTIFF image", "Middle Atlantic Bight", "New Jersey", "New York", "New York Bight", "North Atlantic Ocean", "Sandy Hook artificial reef", "Simrad EM1000", "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)", "U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)", "USACE New York District", "USGS:59b2b99be4b020cdf7dc141c", "University of New Brunswick", "WHCMSC field activity 2000-015-FA", "Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC)", "bathymetry", "elevation", "geoscientificInformation", "imageryBaseMapsEarthCover", "marine geology", "marine geophysics", "mid-Atlantic Bight", "multibeam", "multibeam sonar", "oceans", "sea floor", "sea floor mapping", "sea-floor characteristics", "seafloor" ] |
| modified | 2026-04-13T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -73.953345, 40.336665, -73.924982, 40.400009 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Bathymetry of the Sandy Hook artificial reef (2-m resolution Esri binary grid and 32-bit GeoTIFF, Mercator, WGS 84) |
