Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center

Rota Island

[ Bathymetry | Backscatter | Optical Validation | Geomorphology ]

Rota is the southernmost island of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and lies about 60 km northeast of Guam and 90 km southwest of Tinian at latitude 14 10’N, longitude 145 14E. The island is small (85.5 km2), 17 km long and 8 km wide with a maximum altitude of 496 m on Mt. Manira. Sinapalo and Song Song are the two primary communities on the island.

Click thumbnail maps below to explore PIBHMC’s data sets.

Bathymetry

Small Pagan 60 meter grid image.

Backscatter Imagery

Small Pagan 60 meter grid image.

Optical Validation

Small Pagan 60 meter grid image.

Geomorphology

Small Pagan 60 meter grid image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benthic Habitat Data

Bathymetry

Zipped data files contain 1) grid data file (GMT or ASCII), 2) high-res JPG of image, and 3) explanatory metadata text file (identical to linked file listed below).
* Ikonos imagery & USGS Digital Ortho Quarter Quads NOT included with download.

60m grid data
5m grid data
5m WV-2 derived depths data files
5m WV-2 derived depths, and multibeam from NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai & R/V AHI data files

Backscatter Imagery

Optical Validation

Geomorphology

Zipped data files contain 1) Arc ASCII file, 2) layer (.lyr) file for symbology, 3) high-res JPG of image, and 4) explanatory metadata text file (identical to linked file listed below).

5m grid data
60m grid data