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Contiguous Zone - U.S.-Affiliated Pacifc Islands
These boundaries represent the contiguous zone 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.
The contiguous zone is a band of water extending from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles from the coastal baseline (usually the mean low-water mark), within which a state can exert limited control for the purpose of preventing or punishing "infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea". However, unlike the Territorial Sea there is no standard rule for resolving such conflicts, and the states in question must negotiate their own compromise.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS)",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:ocs.webmaster@noaa.gov"
}
|
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
| description | These boundaries represent the contiguous zone 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. The contiguous zone is a band of water extending from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles from the coastal baseline (usually the mean low-water mark), within which a state can exert limited control for the purpose of preventing or punishing "infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea". However, unlike the Territorial Sea there is no standard rule for resolving such conflicts, and the states in question must negotiate their own compromise. |
| distribution |
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"downloadURL": "https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/",
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| identifier | pac_ocs_usa_contiguous_zone |
| isPartOf | Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) |
| issued | 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Boundaries",
"Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Boundaries > Political Divisions > Country Boundaries",
"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 > Guam",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Northern Mariana Islands > Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)",
"PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System",
"PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov |
| language |
[]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| spatial | 167.081016,-14.96169,-178.828374,28.857603 |
| title | Contiguous Zone - U.S.-Affiliated Pacifc Islands |
