| IHO 23-4th: Limits
of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, Draft 4th Edition
1986, published by the International Hydrographic Bureau of the International
Hydrographic Organization
IHO 23-3rd: Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication
23, 3rd Edition 1953, published by the International Hydrographic
Organization
ACIC M 49-1: Chart of Limits of Seas and Oceans, revised
January 1958, published by the Aeronautical Chart and Information
Center (ACIC), United States Air Force; note - ACIC is now part of
the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)
DIAM 65-18: Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features,
Data Standard No. 4, Defense Intelligence Agency Manual 65-18, December
1994, published by the Defense Intelligence Agency
The US Government has not yet adopted a standard for hydrographic
codes similar to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
10-4 country codes. The names and limits of the following oceans and
seas are not always directly comparable because of differences in
the customers, needs, and requirements of the individual organizations.
Even the number of principal water bodies varies from organization
to organization. Factbook users, for example, find the Atlantic
Ocean and Pacific Ocean entries useful, but none of the following
standards include those oceans in their entirety. Nor is there any
provision for combining codes or overcodes to aggregate water bodies.
The recently delimited Southern Ocean is not included. |
