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2. Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia

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   The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [2] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [3] It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco ...

3. Campeche Bank - Wikipedia

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   The Campeche ocean bank is 81 miles (130 km) from Mexico's geography of Campeche nautically bearing 100 nautical miles (120 mi; 190 km) south of the Tropic of Cancer . Campeche Bank is cast as cays and reefs with islets encompassing Arrecife Alacran and Sigsbee Deep to the north with a southwest island arc of the Cayos Arcas archipelago ...

4. Nautical chart - Wikipedia

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   A nautical chart or hydrographic chart is a graphic representation of a sea region or water body and adjacent coasts or banks. Depending on the scale of the chart, it may show depths of water ( bathymetry) and heights of land ( topography ), natural features of the seabed, details of the coastline, navigational hazards, locations of natural and ...

5. United States Hydrographic Office - Wikipedia

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   The United States Hydrographic Office prepared and published maps, charts, and nautical books required in navigation . The office was established by an act of 21 June 1866 as part of the Bureau of Navigation, Department of the Navy . It was transferred to the Department of Defense on 10 August 1949. The office was abolished on 10 July 1962 ...

6. Notice to mariners - Wikipedia

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   A notice to mariners (NtM [1] or NOTMAR, [2]) advises mariners of important matters affecting navigational safety, including new hydrographic information, changes in channels and aids to navigation, and other important data. [3] Over 60 countries which produce nautical charts also produce a notice to mariners.

7. Compass rose - Wikipedia

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   Compass rose with the eight principal winds. A compass rose, sometimes called a wind rose, rose of the winds or compass star, is a figure on a compass, map, nautical chart, or monument used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions ( north, east, south, and west) and their intermediate points. It is also the term for the graduated ...