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    • Marine Place Names

    Metadata Updated: March 15, 2024

    This layer displays coastal and offshore marine place names. These are general names for areas of the sea as published on the NOAA Nautical Charts. Different marine place names are displayed depending on the scale you are zoomed into on the map. This layer was created by extracting the Natural Features, Sea Area Named Water Areas from all scale bands in the NOAA Electronic Navigation Charts.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) July 17, 2019 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS OCM

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) July 17, 2019 (publication)
    Responsible Party Office for Coastal Management (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:56793
    Access Constraints Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: Marine Place Names [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/56793., Use Constraints: For coastal and ocean planning, Distribution Liability: https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html
    Bbox East Long 179.853756
    Bbox North Lat 79.121667
    Bbox South Lat -64.825047
    Bbox West Long -179.831378
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 24d66ad4-45f0-422b-9c69-71a886def724
    Harvest Source Id c0121fd9-df15-4168-ac04-42f6e36a794d
    Harvest Source Title NOS OCM
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.831378, -64.825047], [179.853756, -64.825047], [179.853756, 79.121667], [-179.831378, 79.121667], [-179.831378, -64.825047]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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