Citation:
Citation Information:
Title:
Territorial Sea - U.S.-Affiliated Pacifc Islands
Date:
Date: January 25, 2016
Date Type:
creation
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Identifier:
Code:
pac_ocs_usa_territorial_sea
Authority:
org.pacioos
Responsible Party:
Organization Name:
NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Contact:
Contact Address:
Email:
ocs.webmaster@noaa.gov
Online Resource:
Linkage: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov
Protocol:
http
Function:
information
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Contact Role:
originator
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Responsible Party:
Organization Name:
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Contact:
Contact Address:
Email:
info@pacioos.org
Online Resource:
Linkage: http://pacioos.org
Protocol:
http
Function:
information
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Contact Role:
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Suggested data citation: NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS). 2016. Territorial Sea - U.S.-Affiliated Pacifc Islands. Distributed by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS). http://pacioos.org/metadata/pac_ocs_usa_territorial_sea.html. Accessed [date].
Abstract:
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.
Purpose:
PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
Credit:
The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organization Name:
NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Contact:
Contact Address:
Email:
ocs.webmaster@noaa.gov
Online Resource:
Linkage: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov
Protocol:
http
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information
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword Type:
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Keyword: Earth Science Human Dimensions Boundaries
Keyword: Earth Science Human Dimensions Boundaries Political Divisions Country Boundaries
Keyword Thesaurus:
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GCMD Science Keywords
Keywords:
Keyword Type:
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Keyword: Continent North America United States Of America Hawaii
Keyword: Geographic Region Oceania
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Central Pacific Ocean Baker Island
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Central Pacific Ocean Hawaiian Islands
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Central Pacific Ocean Howland Island
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Central Pacific Ocean Jarvis Island
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Central Pacific Ocean Johnston Atoll
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Central Pacific Ocean Kingman Reef
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Central Pacific Ocean Palmyra Atoll
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Central Pacific Ocean Wake Island
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean Polynesia American Samoa
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Western Pacific Ocean Micronesia Guam
Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean Western Pacific Ocean Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
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Citation Information:
Title:
GCMD Location Keywords
Keywords:
Keyword Type:
project
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Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
Keyword Thesaurus:
Citation Information:
Title:
GCMD Project Keywords
Keywords:
Keyword Type:
dataCenter
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Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
Keyword Thesaurus:
Citation Information:
Title:
GCMD Data Center Keywords
Aggregation Information:
Aggregate Dataset Name:
Citation Information:
Title:
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Association Type: largerWorkCitation (DS_AssociationTypeCode)
Initiative Type: project (DS_InitiativeTypeCode)
Resource Constraints:
Legal Constraints:
Use Limitation:
The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Language:
eng
Topic Category:
boundaries
Extent Information:
Spatial Temporal Extent:
Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -178.60155°
Eastbound Longitude: 166.8696°
Southbound Latitude: -14.76083°
Northbound Latitude: 28.65708°
Services:
Service Identification:
Identifier: OGC-WFS
Service Type:
Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)
Contains Operation:
Operation Name:
GetCapabilities
Online Resource:
Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_ocs_usa_territorial_sea/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
Name:
OGC-WFS
Protocol:
OGC:WFS
Description:
Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS). Supported WFS versions include 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 2.0.0. Supported output formats include CSV, GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, KML, and Shapefile (Zipped).
Function:
download
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Services:
Service Identification:
Identifier: OGC-WMS
Service Type:
Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
Contains Operation:
Operation Name:
GetCapabilities
Online Resource:
Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pac_ocs_usa_territorial_sea/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
Name:
OGC-WMS
Protocol:
OGC:WMS
Description:
Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS). Supported WMS versions include 1.1.1 and 1.3.0. Supported map formats include AtomPub, GeoRSS, GeoTIFF, GIF, JPEG, KML/KMZ, PDF, PNG, SVG, and TIFF. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, HTML, and plain text.
Function:
download
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Services:
Service Identification:
Identifier: OGC-WMS-C
Service Type:
Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service - Cached (WMS-C)
Contains Operation:
Operation Name:
GetCapabilities
Online Resource:
Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/gwc/service/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&tiled=true
Name:
OGC-WMS-C
Protocol:
OGC:WMS-C
Description:
Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service - Cached (WMS-C). Use of WMS-C is similar to traditional WMS but with the addition of the "tiled=true" parameter, which triggers GeoServer to pull map tiles from GeoWebCache if they have been previously generated. This can dramatically improve performance, especially for larger datasets. Supported map formats include JPEG and PNG. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GML, HTML, and plain text.
Function:
download
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