Bathymetry Visualizations From The MH370 Search Area

A collection of multimedia products visualizes sea floor terrain data from the Phase 1 search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. It includes video flythroughs, images, and translated Story Maps in Malay and Chinese, produced by the Australian Ocean Data Network. The dataset was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze sea floor terrain features from bathymetric data visualizations for geological study.
• Use video flythroughs to communicate complex bathymetric survey results to non-technical audiences.
• Reference translated Story Map content in Malay and Chinese for international public outreach regarding the search.

Strengths

• Includes multimedia formats like videos and images for varied analysis.
• Covers data from the defined MH370 search area, providing focused spatial context.
• Offers public communications materials in multiple languages (Malay, Chinese).

Limitations

• No raw bathymetric data columns are provided, only derived visualizations.
• The sample size and temporal coverage of the underlying bathymetric data are unspecified.
• Data is limited to Phase 1 of the search, providing incomplete coverage of the entire operation.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Developed from a sample of bathymetric data collected during Phase 1 of the MH370 search.

Time Range

Covers Phase 1 of the MH370 search.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Spatial coverage is the MH370 search area.