Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Boundary (polygon)

The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries manages a system of sanctuaries and other managed areas around the country. The legal boundaries of These sanctuaries are defined within the Code of Federal Regulations, at 15 C.F.R. Part 922 and thesubparts for each national marine sanctuary. The GIS compatible digital boundaryfiles for each national marine sanctuary are representations of those legal boundaries and are based on the best available data. These files are available for public use at locations defined in this metadata record.

These GIS compatible digital files are provided to promote an understanding of the boundaries of each national marine sanctuary. They are based on the legal definition of each sanctuary as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, at 15C.F.R. Part 922 and the subparts for each national marine sanctuary. These digital files are not intended and should not be relied upon for use in navigation or legal purposes. For legal questions relating to the digital files, please contact the ONMS at the information provided in this metadata record.

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Users must assume responisibility to determine the appropriate use of these data. These boundaries are not to be used as LEGAL definitions. The boundaries are created with the most recent and accurate boundary information available, but the edges and/or borders of the boundaries may change due to the natural land changes, site boundary modification or higher resolution maps. Therefore, the currency or accuracy of these boundaries cannot be guaranteed.

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary digital boundary file (cbnms_py.shp) Digital boundry files are available for public consumption from the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries through their internet site. Because URL addresses and pages change, the actual data URL is not listed here, but will be searchable within the site (http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/) Requests may also be made through the ONMS Boundary Coordinator. See Distributor Contact Information for contact details.;

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NOT FOR LEGAL USE

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Attributes were standardized by feature type (point, line, and polygon)across all sanctuary boundaries. The values recorded for each attributewere quality assured and believed to be accurate.

Positional accuracy will vary depending on source

Positional accuracy will vary

Where possible, the entire boundary for the sanctuary is represented by this digital file.

The data were topologically cleaned.