Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

geospatial datasets, field monitoring stations, videos, marine geology

ISO 19115 Topic Category

oceans, geoscientificInformation, location

Other Subject Keywords

sea floor features, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, interpretation, USGS, Woods Hole Science Center, GIS, bathymetry, sea floor topography, sea floor photos, U.S. Geological Survey, WHSC, topographic data, Geographic Information Systems, sea floor video, polyline features

Place Keywords

Gulf of Maine, Shallow EEZ, Boston, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, MA, SBNMS, EEZ, Atlantic Ocean

Video transects of the sea floor in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region (sbnmsallvid.shp)

This data set contains polylines showing extents of video transects documenting seabed characteristics in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region off Boston, Massachusetts, an area of approximately 1100 nautical square miles. The Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project is designed to provide detailed maps of the Stellwagen Bank region's environments and habitats and the first complete multibeam topographic and sea floor characterization maps of a significant region of the shallow EEZ.

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Author(s)	Page C. Valentine, Lian A. Scully, Sarah J. Fuller
Publication Date	2005
Beginning Date of Data	1993
Ending Date of Data	2004
Data Contact	Page C. Valentine
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Metadata Contact	Page C. Valentine
Metadata Date	2023-04-28
Related Publication	There was no related primary publication associated with this data release.
Citations of these data	No citations of these data are known at this time.
Access	public
License	http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

Harvest Source: Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Harvest Date: 2025-01-08T04:19:15.785Z