Wrapping up #30DayMapChallenge with a bonus map: a cartogram where countries are resized by their EEZs! 🎁 Shout-out to Clipperton Island, which has the largest EEZ/land ratio: its EEZ is over 200.000 its land area 🤯

#30DayMapChallenge – Day 24: Places and their names A heat map of all 64.476 named places in the Marine Regions gazetteer 🔥 Darker areas mean fewer names ➡️ the gaps in our coverage. Spot a dark region you know well? We’d love tips on data sources for features there! 🔍

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 18: Out of this world Each glowing line traces an Exclusive Economic Zone revealing how we divide the ocean’s surface from space. Data: Marine Regions Maritime Boundaries v12 dataset. 🌊 🌎 Download and explore the dataset here: www.marineregions.org/downloads.php

#30DayMapChallenge | Day 2: Lines Guess the sea from its maritime boundaries! These maps show only the international boundaries in three seas or oceans taken from Marine Regions' Maritime Boundaries v12 dataset. 🌊 Download and explore the dataset here: www.marineregions.org/downloads.php.

New year, new undersea features integration! 🤿 Our latest Marine Regions update adds 108 new undersea names from GEBCO (107) and ACUF (1), keeping our global gazetteer current and consistent. Dive in ➡️ marineregions.org @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @vliz.be

Reposted from x.com/AKLescrauwae... Delivering on the Ocean Decade objectives: taxonomy experts from our sister institute INVEMAR in Colombia working in Oostende with @marinespecies.bsky.social @vliz.be @marineregions.bsky.social towards a National Register of Marine Species for Colombia.

Last Wednesday, we held a vibrant Marine Regions Editorial Community meeting as part of our @unoceandecade.bsky.social Action. 🌊🌐 The focus was on the upcoming release of the Maritime Boundaries, leading to insightful discussions and great exchanges, thank you to all who joined! 🙏

Last Friday, during the Sablon Diplomatic Circle’s visit to VLIZ, Lawrence Whatley introduced Marine Regions as a vital tool supporting ocean governance, science, and conservation — essential for the success of global initiatives like #BBNJ.

Marine Regions is happy to join Bluesky! Explore our gazetteer of georeferenced marine place names and our Maritime Boundaries datasets at www.marineregions.org, and discover the whole Marine Regions story at arcg.is/1Ca4H01.