Maritime Limits and Boundaries of the United States (Version 4.1)
(Version 4.1, updated September 13, 2013) Maritime limits for the United States are measured from the U.S. baseline, recognized as the low-water line along the coast as marked on NOAA's nautical charts in accordance with the articles of the Law of the Sea. The baseline and related maritime limits are reviewed and approved by the interagency U.S. Baseline Committee. The primary purpose of this dataset is to update the official depiction of these maritime limits and boundaries on NOAA's nautical charts. The Office of Coast Survey depicts on its nautical charts the territorial sea (12 nautical miles), contiguous zone (24nm), and exclusive economic zone (200nm, plus maritime boundaries with adjacent/opposite countries). U.S. maritime limits are ambulatory and subject to revision based on accretion or erosion of the charted low water line. For more information about U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries and to stay up-to-date, see:
http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl/mbound.htm.
For the full FGDC metadata record, see: http:www.ncddc.noaa.gov/approved_recs/nos_de/ocs/ocs/MB_ParentDataset.html. Coordinates for the US/Canada international boundary, on land and through the Great Lakes, are managed by the International Boundary Commission. These boundaries are included with this dataset for continuity.
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Identification info
- Date ( Revision )
- 2018-03-31T20:07:56Z
- Date ( Publication )
- 2013-12-24T08:15:42Z
Point of contact
NOAA/NOS/Office of Coast Survey
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1315 East West Highway, SSMC3
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Silver Spring
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20910-3282
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USA
- Keywords ( Theme )
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- marine boundaries, marine jurisdictions, jurisdictional boundaries and limits, exclusive economic zone (EEZ), territorial sea, contiguous zone, A-16, national, federal, USA
- Service Type
- OGC:WMS
- Service Version
- 1.3.0
- Fees
- none
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- Use limitation
- NOT FOR LEGAL USE. These limits and boundaries were created for internal purposes only to update the charted maritime limits and maritime boundaries on NOAA charts. These limits and boundaries do not represent the official depiction. For official depiction, please see NOAA's paper or raster nautical charts.
Contains Operations
- Operation Name
- ASDD nodes zserver
- Connect Point
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ASDD Z3950 zserver
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z3950
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ASDD Z3950 zserver
- OnLine resource
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Service in Spatineo Directory
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
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Service in Spatineo Directory
- File identifier
- 4987cf21-ee96-4c3c-af93-1ac7b71ea8eb XML
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Service
- Date stamp
- 2021-02-28T03:36:35Z
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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