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 270 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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Each week, a new “Map of the week” highlighting an interesting map layer is showcased in the Maritime Forum. Dive in and explore your Ocean!
Teachers' corner
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!
Discover our teaching resources
Visit the Atlas Overview and have a look at the Atlas workshop presentations.
Learn how to create your own maps with the European Atlas of the Seas!
Latest Maps of the Week
This map shows marine research infrastructure in Europe.
This map shows the names of the sea-basins of the world.
This map shows the venues for the European Maritime Day (EMD) stakeholder conference over the years since its launch. EMD is the annual European Union meeting point on maritime affairs and sustainable blue growth.
This map shows an overview of the European Maritime Day in my Country 2025 local events in different countries across Europe.
This map shows the list of Mission Actions updated to 2025, showcasing the joint efforts to achieve the objectives of the European Union Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ by 2030.
This map shows information regarding the overall employment in the main established blue economy sectors in the European Union, per Member State.