gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:56793 eng UTF8 dataset Office for Coastal Management resourceProvider 2026-04-30T00:00:00 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Marine Place Names 2019-07-17 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 56793 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/56793 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information 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. To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, NOAA Office for Coastal Management completed Office for Coastal Management 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Office for Coastal Management Website Website listed for Office for Coastal Management information pointOfContact asNeeded EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 23.3 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 23.3 abyssal plain bank basin bay canal canyon escarpment fan fracture zone gap hole knoll lake ledge mud flats narrows peak pinnacle plateau reach reef ridge river sea sea channel seamount shoal spur trench valley theme Alaska Atlantic East Coast Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico Hawaii National Pacific Puerto Rico US Virgin Islands USVI United States West Coast place DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian MarineCadastre project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: Marine Place Names [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/56793. 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. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: For coastal and ocean planning otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html unclassified eng; US inlandWaters oceans -179.831378 179.853756 -64.825047 79.121667 publication date | Currentness: Publication Date 2019-03-01 false eng false GIS File Marine Place Names 2019-07-02 publication https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/MarinePlaceNames.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/MarinePlaceNames.zip download https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ Marine Cadastre Data Registry download dataset Accuracy The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate. Horizontal Positional Accuracy Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000. Completeness Report Spatial and attribute properties are believed to be complete, although attribute information has been simplified. Geometric thresholds from original data are preserved. No tests have been completed for exhaustiveness. Conceptual Consistency These data are believed to be logically consistent. Geometry is topologically clean. • Go to https://encdirect.noaa.gov/ and download Sea_Area_Named_Water_Area_point and Sea_Area_Named_Water_Area for all locations for all 6 scales (Overview, General, Coastal, Approach, Harbor & Berthing) • Import these shapefiles into a new file geodatabase • Merge the point feature classes into a single feature class • Visually scan through the point features and delete any duplicates • For the 6 area feature classes, compare visually between the layers and delete duplicates, keeping the feature that is placed most accurately using the RNC image service http://seamlessrnc.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/RNC/NOAA_RNC/ImageServer • Merge the remaining features from the 6 area feature classes into a single feature class • Use the Feature to Point tool, checking the Inside option box • Merge this point feature class with the original one • Again visually scan through the point features and delete any duplicates • Fill in the type field for any features missing that attributes • Delete any features that are not actually Marine Place Names • Delete all superfluous fields • Project data into WGS 1984 Auxiliary Sphere 2019-04-01T00:00:00 Source Contribution: Shapefiles were downloaded from NOAA OCS and condensed into a single point file by NOAA OCM Sea_Area_Named_Water_Area NOAA Office of Coast Survey https://encdirect.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Online Linkage URL where the source data were originally accessed. information 2019-04-01