USGS CMG InfoBank Atlas

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The fundamental organization of data sets within InfoBank is based on their association with a particular field activity.

Because needs are frequently area-based, not activity-based, InfoBank data are also presented based on geographic areas of the world.

The InfoBank Atlas consists of approximately 500 areas (~200 oceanic and ~300 continental). (Show groupings).

The areas are based on a combination of political, physiographic, and project considerations.

Expanded InfoBank Atlas description

Oceanic The Atlantic and Pacific are further divided into:    North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, Central Pacific, South Pacific, and Western Pacific. These oceans and oceanic subdivisions contain gulfs, seas, and coastal divisions, such as: North Atlantic Ocean US Atlantic Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea North Pacific Ocean US Pacific Coast, Gulf of California South Pacific Ocean Melanesia, Polynesia Indian Ocean Arabian Sea, Red Sea Contained within these are island nations/territories, EEZ divisions, marine sanctuaries, and bays, such as: Island nations Bermuda, Greenland, Cuba, Johnson Atoll, Vanuatu EEZ divisions Gulf of Maine EEZ, Florida EEZ, Great Lakes EEZ, Alaska EEZ, Hawaii EEZ, Central California EEZ Marine Sanctuaries Cordell Bank NMS, Gulf of Farallones NMS, Monterey Bay NMS Bays Massachusetts Bay, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound Hawaii EEZ is divided into Hawaii I EEZ, Hawaii 2 EEZ, Hawaii 3 EEZ. Hawaii 1 EEZ includes the main Hawaiian islands, such as: Big Island of Hawaii, Oahu, Maui, Kauai.

Continental Some continents are subdivided, such as: North America Canada, United States, Latin America Europe Northern Europe, Western Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe Asia Eastern Asia, Southeastern Asia, Southcentral Asia, Western Asia, Siberia Africa Northern Africa, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa These continents and continental subdivisions contain countries. The United States is subdivided into Alaska and United States of America (contiguous), which is further divided into East Coast, Southern US, Great Lakes, Midwest, Western US. These are further divided into New England, Middle Atlantic Region, Southern US (Eastern Section), Southern US (Western Section), each of the Great Lakes, Midwest (Eastern Section), Midwest (Western Section), Southern US (Western Section), Rocky Mountains, Southwestern US, and US West Coast. Included in each of these divisions are the different States, with California further divided into Northern California, Central California, and Southern California.