Shoreline based on Mean High Water (MHW).
These data are NOT to be used for legal purposes. The representation of international boundaries and maritime limits is not necessarily authoritative and does not necessarily represent an official acceptance by the United States Government of the limits claimed.
Public domain data from the U.S. government is freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the United States Geological Survey as the originator of this dataset.
The DMA WVS datasets were compiled into separate 'coast' format data files for use with the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program cartographic plotting program MAPGEN during the 1980's. These 'coast' format files were the source to retrieve the WVS datasets and is the result of what is presented here.
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