Undersea Feature Place Names

Description

The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (BGN) database of geographic feature names. The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the BGN. Geographic coordinates are approximate and are intended for general location. Place name information is based on the Geographic Names Data Base, containing official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names and maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The geographic names in this database are provided for the guidance of and use by the Federal Government and for the information of the general public. The names, variants, and associated data may not reflect the views of the United States Government on the sovereignty over geographic features.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/48929.pdf
0 Marine Cadastre Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48929
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov

Tags

  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • trough
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • seamount
  • place names
  • basin
  • plain
  • continent
  • noaa
  • tablemount
  • undersea feature
  • world
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • plateau
  • ridge
  • marinecadastre
  • canyon

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