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Maritime Limits and Boundaries Data Dictionary

Entity (ENT)  |  Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:41512  |  Updated: August 20, 2026  |  Published / External 
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Entity Info
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

Data Dictionary for Maritime Limits and Boundaries attributes. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey

Description

Attributes of Maritime Limits and Boundaries dataset.

Entity Information

Entity Type
Other

Data Attribute / Type Description
FID
OID 		OBJECTID - Internal feature number | Description Source: ESRI
Shape
Geometry 		Feature geometry | Description Source: ESRI
BOUND_ID
String 		Boundary ID - Unique identifier of the boundary segment. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
REGION
String 		Identifier of the general area, state(s), or territory from which the limit is drawn | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
FEAT_TYPE
String 		Type of Feature - features can either be a land boundary (between the U.S. and Canada), a maritime limit, or a maritime boundary between the U.S. and an adjacent or opposite country. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
FEAT_TYPE: TS
VARCHAR 		REGION: Territorial Sea | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
FEAT_TYPE: CZ
VARCHAR 		REGION: Contiguous Zone | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
FEAT_TYPE: EEZ
VARCHAR 		REGION: Exclusive Economic Zone | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
FEAT_TYPE: F_EEZ
VARCHAR 		REGION: U.S. Fishery EEZ | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
PUB_DATE
Date 		Publication Date - date the digital line feature was officially published online. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
APPRV_DATE
Date 		Approval date of baseline points by the ad hoc Committee on the U.S. Baseline | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
LEGAL_AUTH
String 		Legal Authority - treaty, agreement, or proclamation granting the government authority to establish the limit or boundary. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
AOR
String 		Agency of Responsibility - federal agency responsible for maintaining the digital data | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
NOTE
String 		Additional notes about the limit/boundary. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
UNILATERAL
Double 		Unilateral Claims - Numeric indicator specifying whether the limit line represents a unilaterally claimed boundary. Some maritime boundary claims have not been agreed upon by all parties. These boundaries are designated as unilateral claims. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
SYMBOL
VARCHAR 		Symbology | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
SUPP_INFO
String 		Supplemental Information - link to metadata about the specific boundary segment. The document supplements the parent metadata record. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey

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Item Identification

Title: Maritime Limits and Boundaries Data Dictionary
Short Name: MaritimeLimits_DD
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Data Dictionary for Maritime Limits and Boundaries attributes. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Notes:

Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.

Entity Information

Entity Type: Other
Active Version?: Yes
Alias: Data Dictionary
Description:

Attributes of Maritime Limits and Boundaries dataset.

Data Attributes

Note: Metadata requirements do not apply to attributes for non-tabular entities.

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
N/A
 FID OID OBJECTID - Internal feature number | Description Source: ESRI
N/A
 Shape Geometry Feature geometry | Description Source: ESRI
N/A
 BOUND_ID String Boundary ID - Unique identifier of the boundary segment. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 REGION String Identifier of the general area, state(s), or territory from which the limit is drawn | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 FEAT_TYPE String Type of Feature - features can either be a land boundary (between the U.S. and Canada), a maritime limit, or a maritime boundary between the U.S. and an adjacent or opposite country. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 FEAT_TYPE: TS VARCHAR REGION: Territorial Sea | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 FEAT_TYPE: CZ VARCHAR REGION: Contiguous Zone | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 FEAT_TYPE: EEZ VARCHAR REGION: Exclusive Economic Zone | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 FEAT_TYPE: F_EEZ VARCHAR REGION: U.S. Fishery EEZ | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 PUB_DATE Date Publication Date - date the digital line feature was officially published online. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 APPRV_DATE Date Approval date of baseline points by the ad hoc Committee on the U.S. Baseline | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 LEGAL_AUTH String Legal Authority - treaty, agreement, or proclamation granting the government authority to establish the limit or boundary. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 AOR String Agency of Responsibility - federal agency responsible for maintaining the digital data | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 NOTE String Additional notes about the limit/boundary. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 UNILATERAL Double Unilateral Claims - Numeric indicator specifying whether the limit line represents a unilaterally claimed boundary. Some maritime boundary claims have not been agreed upon by all parties. These boundaries are designated as unilateral claims. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 SYMBOL VARCHAR Symbology | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
N/A
 SUPP_INFO String Supplemental Information - link to metadata about the specific boundary segment. The document supplements the parent metadata record. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey

Attribute Details

FID

CC ID: 535429
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: OID
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

OBJECTID - Internal feature number | Description Source: ESRI
Allowed Values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated

Shape

CC ID: 535430
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: Geometry
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Feature geometry | Description Source: ESRI
Allowed Values: Coordinates defining the features

BOUND_ID

CC ID: 535431
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: String
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Boundary ID - Unique identifier of the boundary segment. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: Unique ID of this feature

REGION

CC ID: 535432
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: String
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Identifier of the general area, state(s), or territory from which the limit is drawn | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: Contains free text of the general area, state(s), or territory name

FEAT_TYPE

CC ID: 535433
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: String
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of Feature - features can either be a land boundary (between the U.S. and Canada), a maritime limit, or a maritime boundary between the U.S. and an adjacent or opposite country. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: Maritime Limit: Limit of the U.S. maritime zone | Maritime Boundary: International maritime boundary between the U.S. and a neighboring country | Land Boundary: International land boundary between the U.S. and a neighboring country |

FEAT_TYPE: TS

CC ID: 535434
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

REGION: Territorial Sea | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: 0: The feature is not the 12nm territorial sea limit or a segment of territorial sea from 0 to 12nm | 1: The feature is the 12nm territorial sea limit or a segment of territorial sea from 0 to 12nm |

FEAT_TYPE: CZ

CC ID: 535435
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

REGION: Contiguous Zone | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: 0: The feature is not the 24nm contiguous zone limit or a segment of contiguous zone from 12nm to 24nm | 1: The feature is the 24nm contiguous zone limit or a segment of contiguous zone from 12nm to 24nm |

FEAT_TYPE: EEZ

CC ID: 535436
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

REGION: Exclusive Economic Zone | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: 0: The feature is not the 200nm EEZ or a segment of the EEZ per customary international law from 12nm to 200nm | 1: The feature is the 200nm EEZ or a segment of the EEZ per customary international law from 12nm to 200nm |

FEAT_TYPE: F_EEZ

CC ID: 535437
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

REGION: U.S. Fishery EEZ | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: 0: The feature is not the 200nm EEZ or a segment of U.S. fishery EEZ from the limit of the states\x92 jurisdiction to 200nm | 1: The feature is the 200nm EEZ or a segment of U.S. fishery EEZ from the limit of the states\x92 jurisdiction to 200nm |

PUB_DATE

CC ID: 535438
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: Date
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Publication Date - date the digital line feature was officially published online. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: Publication date of the limit/boundary line in MM/DD/YYYY format

APPRV_DATE

CC ID: 535439
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: Date
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Approval date of baseline points by the ad hoc Committee on the U.S. Baseline | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: Date Field formatted as MM/DD/YYYY for the date on which the limits were approved by the U.S. Baseline Committee, chaired by the Department of State

LEGAL_AUTH

CC ID: 535440
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: String
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Legal Authority - treaty, agreement, or proclamation granting the government authority to establish the limit or boundary. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: Free text referencing the legal source of the limit/boundary

AOR

CC ID: 535441
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: String
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Agency of Responsibility - federal agency responsible for maintaining the digital data | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: The government agency that is responsible for publishing and managing the limit/boundary on NOAA charts

NOTE

CC ID: 535442
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: String
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Additional notes about the limit/boundary. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: Free text containing special notes about the limit/boundary

UNILATERAL

CC ID: 535443
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: Double
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unilateral Claims - Numeric indicator specifying whether the limit line represents a unilaterally claimed boundary. Some maritime boundary claims have not been agreed upon by all parties. These boundaries are designated as unilateral claims. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: 0: The feature is not a segment of a U.S. unilateral maritime boundary claim | 1: The feature is a segment of a U.S. unilateral maritime boundary claim |

SYMBOL

CC ID: 535444
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Symbology | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: 1: A black line of alternating crosses, generally conveying a land boundary per Chart No.1 symbol N40 | 2: A solid grey line interspersed with fish symbols at regular intervals, generally conveying the U.S. Fishery EEZ limit, per a combination of Chart No.1 symbols N42 and N45 | 3: A solid grey line, generally conveying U.S. maritime limits and U.S. unilateral maritime boundaries, per Chart No.1 symbol N42 | 4: A magenta line of alternating crosses and dashes with interspersed fish symbols at regular intervals, generally conveying a maritime boundary alongside the U.S. Fishery EEZ, per a combination of Chart No.1 symbols N41 and N45 | 5: A magenta line of alternating crosses and dashes, generally conveying a maritime boundary outside the U.S. Fishery EEZ, per Chart No.1 symbol N41 |

SUPP_INFO

CC ID: 535445
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: String
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Supplemental Information - link to metadata about the specific boundary segment. The document supplements the parent metadata record. | Description Source: Office of Coast Survey
Allowed Values: Link to supplemental information in text format about this feature

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 41512
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:41512
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-06 10:56+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Courtney Thompson
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2026-08-20 14:38+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-12-14
Owner Org: OCS
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2026-08-20
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2027-08-20