Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) - U.S.-Affiliated Pacifc Islands

These boundaries represent the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) for U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, including Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the Republic of Palau, 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. Under the law of the sea, an EEZ is a sea zone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources. It stretches out to 200 nautical miles from its coast.

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2021-03-30

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Distributor NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Point of Contact NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
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Originator NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
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Publisher Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
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Dataset Point of Contact Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
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General Documentation
Associated Documentation Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Date(s) creation: 2016-01-25
issued: 2016-01-25
revision: 2016-01-25
creation: 2016-01-25
issued: 2016-01-25
revision: 2016-01-25
creation: 2016-01-25
issued: 2016-01-25
revision: 2016-01-25
creation: 2016-01-25
issued: 2016-01-25
revision: 2016-01-25
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.
Use Limitations 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.
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 31.7978661712° S: -17.6687586652° E: 179.9998389726° W: -179.9999999577°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Boundaries
  • Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Boundaries > Political Divisions > Country Boundaries
Data Center keywords GCMD Data Center Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
Place keywords GCMD Location Keywords
  • Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii
  • Geographic Region > Oceania
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Baker Island
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Howland Island
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Jarvis Island
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Johnston Atoll
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Kingman Reef
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Palmyra Atoll
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Wake Island
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Federated States of Micronesia > FSM
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Guam
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Marshall Islands > Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Northern Mariana Islands > Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Palau
Project keywords GCMD Project Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
Use Constraints 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.
Lineage Statement 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.
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