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OAS seaname Detail for Coastal Waters of SE Alaska, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 3
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| Seaname: | Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia |
| Sea code: | 59A |
| Definition: | 7.11 COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA The limits of the Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, situated in the northeastern part of the North Pacific Ocean, between the coast of North America and the Alexander, Queen Charlotte and Vancouver Islands, are the following: On the North, the East and the South: The coasts of Alaska, British Columbia and Washington, from Cape Spencer (58°13'N - 136°40'W), on the southeastern coast of Alaska, southeastward to the northwestern extremity of Cape Flattery (48°23'N - 124°44'W), on the coast of the State of Washington. On the West: A line joining the northwestern extremity of Cape Flattery northward to Tatoosh Island (48°24'N - 124°44'W); thence a line joining Tatoosh Island northward to Bonilla Point (48°36'N - 124°43'W), on the southern coast of Vancouver Island; thence from Bonilla Point northwestward, along the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, to Black Rock Point (50°45'N - 128°25'W), on the northwestern coast of this island; thence a line joining Black Rock Point northwestward to the Scott Islands (50°49'N - 128°41'W); thence a line joining the Scott Islands northwestward to the Kerouard Islands (51°55'N - 130°59'W); thence a line joining the Kerouard Islands northwestward to Cape St. James (51°56'N - 131°01'W), the southern extremity of the Queen Charlotte Islands; thence from Cape St. James northwestward, along the eastern coasts of the Queen Charlotte Islands, to Cape Knox (54°11'N - 133°05'W), the northwestern extremity of Graham Island; thence a line joining Cape Knox northward to the northwestern extremity of Langara Island (54°15'N - 133°05'W); thence a line joining the northwestern extremity of Langara Island northward to Point Cornwallis (54°42'N - 132°52'W), on the southwestern coast of Dall Island, the southwestern island of the Alexander Archipelago; thence from Point Cornwallis northwestward, along the eastern coasts of the Alexander Archipelago, to Cape Bingham (58°06'N - 136°33'W), on the northern coast of Yakobi Island, the northwestern island of this archipelago; and thence a line joining Cape Bingham northwestward to Cape Spencer (58°13'N - 136°40'W), on the southeastern coast of Alaska, the point of commencement. |
| Citation: | Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2000-09-13 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2016-07-27 12:31:09+00 |