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OAS seaname Detail for Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
| seanames_id: | 232 |
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| Seaname: | Marianas Trench Marine National Monument |
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| Definition: | Proclamation 8335 of January 6, 2009: "The seaward boundaries of the Islands Unit of the monument extend to the lines of latitude and longitude depicted on the accompanying map, which lie approximately 50 nautical miles from the mean low water line of Farallon de Pajaros (Uracas), Maug, and Asuncion. The inland boundary of the Islands Unit of the monument is the mean low water line. The boundary of the Trench Unit of the monument extends from the northern limit of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to the southern limit of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States in Guam approximately following the points of latitude and longitude identified on the accompanying map. The boundaries of the Volcanic Unit of the monument include a circle drawn with a 1 nautical mile radius centered on each of the volcanic features identified on the accompanying map and its legend." |
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| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2021-03-27 19:32:21+00 |
| Editdate: | 2021-03-27 19:32:21+00 |