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    • Territorial Sea - U.S.-Affiliated Pacifc Islands

    Metadata Updated: November 17, 2023

    These boundaries represent the territorial sea for U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, including Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, as well as the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island.

    Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a belt of coastal waters extending at most twelve nautical miles (12 nmi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships are allowed innocent passage through it; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below.

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    Metadata Date March 30, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 17, 2023
    Reference Date(s) January 25, 2016 (creation), January 25, 2016 (issued), January 25, 2016 (revision)
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    Harvested from ioos

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date March 30, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 17, 2023
    Reference Date(s) January 25, 2016 (creation), January 25, 2016 (issued), January 25, 2016 (revision)
    Responsible Party NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid pac_ocs_usa_territorial_sea
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 166.8696
    Bbox North Lat 28.657082
    Bbox South Lat -14.760836
    Bbox West Long -178.601553
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    Frequency Of Update
    Graphic Preview Description Sample image.
    Graphic Preview File http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/pac_ocs_usa_territorial_sea.png
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    Harvest Source Title ioos
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    Lineage 2016-01-25T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Spatial Data Service Type Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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