First map of Ram Setu prepared by ISRO with the help of NASA satellite

The map of Ram Setu

Bengaluru (Karnataka) – ISRO scientists have prepared a map of submerged Ram Setu, with the help of NASA’s ICESat-2. It is said to be the first comprehensive map. Ram Setu is also known as Adam’s Bridge. The research done by the ISRO scientists on Ram Setu has been published in a scientific journal called ‘Scientific Reports’. Scientists from ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre in Jodhpur and Hyderabad have created this map.

The scientists informed, “We have used NASA’s ICESat-2, ‘Water Penetrate Photon’ to create the first comprehensive map of Ram Setu. 99.98% part of Ram Setu got submerged under extremely shallow water, which makes it difficult to use a boat or physically going under water for survey. The project was led by Giribabu Dandabathula.

Scientists have used the data from 2018 to 2023 and created a map of 10 m resolution of the entire length of the submerged Ram Setu. According to this map, the height of the 29-km-long Ram Setu is 8 m above sea level. So far, this is the largest map of this kind.