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Cape Cod Bay: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83).

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1933
End Date
2016

Citation

Andrews, B.D., Baldwin, W.E., Sampson, D.W., and Schwab, W.C., 2018, Continuous bathymetry and elevation models of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf (ver. 3.0, December 2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F72806T7.

Summary

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south to the border of [...]

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Purpose

The purpose of this polygon feature class is to identify the spatial extent and provenance of the source data used to create the continuous elevation surface. In addition the shapefile will also provide an inventory of the most recent elevation and bathymetry datasets within the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore water and identify areas of the offshore waters that are only covered by historical lead-line soundings and should be updated by using new survey methods.

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