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Title: U.S. Marine Protected Area Boundaries

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 2010

Publishers

  • National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.)

Summary

These data represent the boundaries of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in North America. MPAs are areas of the oceans or Great Lakes that are protected for a conservation purpose. Managed by the federal government, the national system of MPAs brings work together at the regional and national levels to achieve common objectives for conserving the nation's important natural and cultural resources. System requirements: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software that reads ESRI shapefile format.

Subjects

  • North America
  • Marine parks and reserves
  • Marine biodiversity conservation
  • Marine resources conservation
  • Marine habitat conservation
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-64.35, 144.4, 71.6, -14.75)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-64.35, 144.4, 71.6, -14.75)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.), United States Department of Commerce, United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. U.S. Marine Protected Area Boundaries. National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.). https://purl.stanford.edu/kp668dr9650

Languages

  • English