GEBCO Centenary 1903 - 2003

摘要

In 1903 an international project to chart the ocean floor - an immense task - was initiated. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of this still continuing project a conference entitled 'Charting the Secret World of the Ocean Floor' was held in Monaco from 14th - 16th April 2003. After several 19th century attempts at oceanographic bathymetry, it was Prince Albert I of Monaco who offered at a meeting in Wiesbaden in 1903 to organise and finance the production of a series of charts to be known as 'la Carte Generate Bathymetrique des Oceans' or General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans: GEBCO.