Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary Boundary Polygon

A geospatial boundary polygon for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The digital boundary is a representation of the legal sanctuary limits defined in the Code of Federal Regulations and is based on the best available data. The dataset was last updated on March 10, 2026.

Use Cases

• Marine spatial planning based on the official legal sanctuary boundary.
• Conservation impact analysis based on the defined marine protected area.
• GIS overlay and analysis based on the polygon geometry of the sanctuary.
• Regulatory compliance mapping based on the boundaries defined in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Strengths

• Boundary is an official representation of a legal definition from the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Data is provided by the authoritative source, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
• Dataset was updated on March 10, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and specific data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Digitized representation of legal boundaries defined in 15 C.F.R. Part 922, based on the best available data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 10 19:32:36.450523

Geography

Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean