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Category: Protected areas

National Marine Sanctuary Boundaries (GIS data, per sanctuary)

NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

License: Public domain
Commercial: Yes
Format: Shapefile, Several
Coverage: United States marine waters and Great Lakes

Last updated: Added to findgis 31 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular

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Protected areas

One zip per sanctuary with shapefile and KML, 18 in all, from the NOAA sanctuaries GIS page. Separate from the NOAA MPA Inventory.

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Source and attribution

Publisher

NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

License

Public domain

Commercial use: Yes
Attribution required: No
Modification allowed: See publisher
Redistribution allowed: See publisher
Share-alike: No

U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. 105); public domain. The NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries GIS data download page states no licence or use restriction. (rule au: US federal data with no licence beyond a disclaimer/"for public use" wording; public domain under 17 U.S.C. 105.)

Region

United StatesUS

Type

Vector

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cinms_py2.zip (Shapefile, 451 KB)fknms_py2.zip (Shapefile, 919 KB)mbnms_py2.zip (Shapefile, 126 KB)nmsas_py2.zip (Shapefile, 518 KB)ocnms_py2.zip (Shapefile, 63 KB)tbnms_py2.zip (Shapefile, 1.6 MB)chnms_py.zip (Shapefile, 6.1 MB)

Extent

-179.217.6-64.571.4West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.

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