Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Map

Marine sanctuary map noaa/office of national marine sanctuaries the united states has a network of protected areas in the waters off our coasts. Declared in 1994, the sanctuary encompasses 3,189 square miles (8,260 km 2) of the pacific ocean along the olympic peninsula of washington state, from cape flattery in the north, to the mouth of the copalis river, a distance of about 162.5 miles (261.5 km). The gis compatible digital boundary files for each national.

The sanctuary, the third largest in the united states, sits at the entrance to the strait of juan de fuca, a major thoroughfare linking the important north american ports of seattle, tacoma, and vancouver with trading partners all around the pacific rim. Sharing protection the intertidal areas, where the pacific ocean tides shape life, are also within the boundary of the olympic coast national marine sanctuary. The olympic coast national marine sanctuary is one of 14 marine sanctuaries administered by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, an agency of the usa department of commerce.

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Map of the olympic coast national marine sanctuary showing shelf and canyon topography off the washington coast of the united states. The sanctuary extends 25 to 50 miles seaward, covering much of the continental shelf and several major submarine canyons. The gis compatible digital boundary files for each national. In 2004, 2005, and 2006, side scan sonar was used to map several regions of the seafloor in the northern ocnms in water depths ranging from 330 to 1,150 feet (intelmann and cochrane 2006).