Tinah Martin¹, Vicki Lynn Ferrini², Muhammad Bashir³, Aileen Bohan⁴, Mohammad ZR Chowdhury⁵, Cecilia Zuleima Cortina Guzman⁶, Mekayla Dale⁷, Mohamed Elsaied Abou-Mahmoud⁸, Djoko Hartoyo⁹, Athur yordan Herwindya¹⁰, Xinh Le Sy¹¹, Vasudev P. Mahale¹², Mohammad Muslem Uddin⁵, Frank Oliver Nitsche¹³, Victoria Obura¹⁴, Eunice Nuerkie Ofoli-Anum¹⁵, Walter Reynoso-Peralta¹⁶, Jaya A Roperez¹⁷, Indra Budi Prasetyawan¹⁸, Hemanaden Runghen¹⁹, Bernice Mahabier²⁰, Seeboruth Shailesh Sattiabaruth²¹, Shereen Sharma²², Rochelle Anne Wigley²³ and Nilton Jair Sanchez Espinosa²⁴, (1)Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Faculty of maritime studies King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, (4)Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, (5)University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh, (6)Hydrography Directorate, Hydrographic Surveys Subdirection, Veracruz, Mexico, (7)INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland's MArine Resource (INFOMAR), Galway, Ireland, (8)Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Science Matrouh University, Petroleum Geology Department, Matrouh, Egypt, (9)Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia, (10)Technology Center for Marine Survey, Agency for the Application and Accessment of Technology, Jakarta, Indonesia, (11)Vietnam Maritime University, Haiphong City, Vietnam, (12)CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, (13)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (14)Ministry of lands and physical planning, Hydrography Division, Department of Survey, Nairobi, Kenya, (15)Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Fisheries commission, Tema, Ghana, (16)Naval Hydrography Service, Ministry of Defense, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (17)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, (18)Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Diponegoro University (Universitas Diponegoro), Department of Oceanography, Semarang, Indonesia, (19)Department for Continental Shelf, Maritime Zones Administration and Exploration, Port-Louis, Mauritius, (20)Maritieme Autoriteit Suriname, Pamaribo, Suriname, (21)Ministry of housing and lands, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, (22)Fugro, Perth, Australia, (23)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (24)Oceanographic Institute Navy of Ecuador, Oceanographic Institute, Guayaquil, Ecuador