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Title: MassGIS 2003 Massachusetts Geographic Place Names : Hydrographic Features (March 2003)

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: May 19, 2003
  • Coverage: 2003

Publishers

  • Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS)

Summary

This point datalayer represents place names for hydrographic features in the state of Massachusetts (March 2003), which may be used for map labels. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) GIS Group and MassGIS maintain the data. Geographic Place Names for the state are grouped into 3 separate datalayers: Hydrographic Features - lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, bays, harbors, channels Civic Features - city and town names, sections, villages Hypsographic Features - hills, mountains, points, beaches, islands

Subjects

  • Location
  • Massachusetts
  • Bodies of water
  • Rivers
  • Lakes
  • Reservoirs
  • Bays
  • Harbors
  • Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
  • Names, Geographical
  • inlandWaters
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-73.947455, -69.915125, 42.885526, 34.244387)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-73.947455, -69.915125, 42.885526, 34.244387)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

MassGIS (Office : Mass.), Massachusetts. Dept. of Environmental Protection. MassGIS 2003 Massachusetts Geographic Place Names : Hydrographic Features (March 2003). Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS). Point data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-mgisgeonamhyd2

Format

Shapefile