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Appendix B: Definitions and Conversions
Appendix B: Definitions and Conversions
Pages 189-190
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b. North American waters and specific regions of study In analyzing oil-input data from all sources around North America, the committee determined that there would be some value to compiling that data according to certain discrete geographic boundaries, based primarily on the influence of major estuaries and marine water circulation patterns in each area.
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Includes Hawaii, American Samoa, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef, Wake Island, Jarvis Island, Howland and Baker Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Includes a line drawn along the international boundary bearing 270° true between the United States and Canada at the Dixon entrance to the offshore extent of the EEZ and a line drawn along the northern edge of the Aleutian Island chain to the offshore extent of the EEZ (includes MSO Southeast Alaska and a portion of MSO Western Alaska)
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