International Hydrographic Organization, IHO; Sieger, Rainer (2012): Names of oceans and seas as digitized table [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777976
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Related to:
International Hydrographic Organization, IHO (1953): Limits of Oceans and Seas. International Hydrographic Organization, Special Publication No 23, 3rd Edition, IMP, Monégasque - Monte-Carlo, 45 pp, hdl:10013/epic.37175.d001
Source:
International Hydrographic Organization, IHO; Sieger, Rainer (2012): Limits of oceans and seas in digitized, machine readable form. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.777975
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 20.588134 * Median Longitude: 148.753866 * South-bound Latitude: -74.364900 * West-bound Longitude: 1.829360 * North-bound Latitude: 82.659400 * East-bound Longitude: -1.929520
Comment:
The dataset contains the names of all oceans and seas in the "Limits of Oceans and Seas" (IHO, 1953). An automatic algorithm gives an area centroid for each polygon (ocean or sea). The dataset consists of four columns. The first column contains the name of the ocean or sea, column 2 and 3 contain the position of each polygon point (latitude, longitude). Column 4 contains an area index. With this index a link to the polygons is possible.
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License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
294 data points