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OAS seaname Detail for Coastal Waters of Gulf of America
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| seanames_id: | 251 |
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| Seaname: | Coastal Waters of Gulf of America |
| Sea code: | 26C |
| Definition: | On 1/20/2025, President Trump signed EO 14172, " Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness" which ordered the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. In response, the Secretary of the Interior signed Order 3423, which directed the US Board on Geographic Names to implement EO 14172. The geographic limits of this seaname are the same as the Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico, seaname_id: 131, as defined in Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Citation: | Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2025-03-06 21:16:59+00 |
| Editdate: | 2025-03-19 22:41:51+00 |