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Offshore marine place names and undersea feature places names official listing from 2015-12 to 2017-07 (NCEI Accession 0176604)

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This data package contains both the Marine Place Names as well as the Undersea Feature Places Names as published by MarineCadastre.gov. The Marine Place Names were extracted from the NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts. This data set contains the geographic place names for features in the U.S territorial waters and outer continental shelf.

The Undersea Feature Places Names were extracted from the GEOnet Names Server (GNS) which provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (BGN) database of geographic feature names. The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the BGN. Geographic coordinates are approximate and are intended for general location. Place name information is based on the Geographic Names Database, containing official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names and maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The geographic names in this database are provided for the guidance of and use by the Federal Government and for the information of the general public. The names, variants, and associated data may not reflect the views of the United States Government on the sovereignty over geographic features.

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  • Cite as: MarineCadastre.gov; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; NOAA Office for Coastal Management (2018). Offshore marine place names and undersea feature places names official listing from 2015-12 to 2017-07 (NCEI Accession 0176604). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0176604. Accessed [date].
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Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Time Period 2015-12-01 to 2017-07-15
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -179.99
East: 179.99
South: -15
North: 89
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Associated Resources
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2018-10-16
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Purpose To support coastal and ocean planning and other activities pursuant to the Energy Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act.
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  • accessLevel: Public
  • Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: MarineCadastre.gov; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; NOAA Office for Coastal Management (2018). Offshore marine place names and undersea feature places names official listing from 2015-12 to 2017-07 (NCEI Accession 0176604). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0176604. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Provider Keywords
  • Marine Place Names
  • Undersea Feature Place Name
  • bank
  • bar
  • basin
  • bay
  • bayou
  • beach
  • bend
  • bight
  • branch
  • brook
  • canal
  • canyon
  • channel
  • cove
  • creek
  • cut
  • gap
  • ground
  • gut
  • harbor
  • hole
  • knoll
  • lagoon
  • lake
  • ledge
  • loch
  • lock
  • mud flats
  • narrows
  • passage
  • plain
  • plateau
  • pond
  • port
  • reef
  • ridge
  • rip
  • river
  • road
  • rock
  • run
  • seamount
  • slip
  • slough
  • sound
  • spit
  • spring
  • strait
  • stream
  • swell
  • tablemount
  • thorofare
  • triangle
  • trough
  • waterway
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords Provider Project Names
  • Marine Cadastre
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Keywords Send2NCEI Submission Package ID
  • RF7B42
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: MarineCadastre.gov; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; NOAA Office for Coastal Management (2018). Offshore marine place names and undersea feature places names official listing from 2015-12 to 2017-07 (NCEI Accession 0176604). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0176604. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints
  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Processing Steps
  • 2018-10-16T20:57:11Z - NCEI Accession 0176604 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • Parameter or Variable: Marine Place Names (measured); Units: decimal degrees; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Not applicable
  • Parameter or Variable: Undersea Feature Place Name (measured); Units: decimal degree; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Not applicable
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