Coasts & Islands

Fjords, atolls, bays, and islands where the land meets the sea, drawn as contour fields and water shapes.

Ha Long Bay Bay in the Ink and River palette: About 1,600 limestone islands and islets in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Ha Long Bay

About 1,600 limestone islands and islets in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Hardangerfjord Fjord in the Paper palette: The middle of a 179 km fjord, with the Folgefonna ice cap to the south.

Hardangerfjord

The middle of a 179 km fjord, with the Folgefonna ice cap to the south.

Lofoten Wall Wall in the Paper palette: A chain of steep mountain islands rising from the Norwegian Sea.

Lofoten Wall

A chain of steep mountain islands rising from the Norwegian Sea.

Milford Sound Fiord in the Ink and River palette: A glacial fiord running from the Tasman Sea between peaks over 1,600 m.

Milford Sound

A glacial fiord running from the Tasman Sea between peaks over 1,600 m.

Sam Ford Fjord Fjord in the Night River palette: A fjord on Baffin Island lined with granite walls more than 1,000 m high.

Sam Ford Fjord

A fjord on Baffin Island lined with granite walls more than 1,000 m high.

Santorini Caldera in the Ink and River palette: A flooded volcanic caldera ringed by the islands of Thera and Therasia.

Santorini

A flooded volcanic caldera ringed by the islands of Thera and Therasia.