12 depth maps for Mälaren
Mälaren utanför Hässelby
Mälaren sträckan Kärsön-Kvarnviken
Mälaren sträckan Kvarnviken-Lambarön
Mälaren Lambarfjärden
Mälaren området vid Hässelbyverket, a: djupkarta, b: area, volym, medeldjup
Mälaren Södertäljeviken, området delat på två kartor
Bällstaviken-Ulvsundasjön
Karlbergskanalen-Klara sjö
Årstaviken
Klubben
Essingen
Riddarfjärden
PDF · scanned bathymetric chart · CC BY 4.0 SMHI · 14 historical maps in the same file
Download the depth map for MälarenDownload as GeoTIFF (zip) for mapping software
Source: SMHI (adapted — preview rendered from the original file) · CC BY 4.0 · Original file at SMHI Vattenwebb
About the map
The depth map of Mälaren in Södermanland is a scanned bathymetric chart from SMHI Vattenwebb (the Swedish Water Archive, SVAR). The source material is paper depth charts produced by SMHI and the county administrative boards over the years. The file you download is a PDF of the unaltered scan, 14 historical maps of Mälaren — it opens on phone, tablet and desktop. If you need the georeferenced GeoTIFF for QGIS or similar, it is available as a separate download.
You may use the map freely as long as SMHI is credited as the source. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
The map shows the depth in Mälaren. Huggtabell.se shows where in the water column the pike holds at this time of year — from SLU's test fishing — and works out when it bites. Weather, air pressure, moon and water temperature are weighed day by day.
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