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United States Hydrographic Office
Agency overview
FormedJune 21, 1866
DissolvedJuly 10, 1962
JurisdictionDepartment of the Navy

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, replaced by the Naval Oceanographic Office.[1]

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United States Hydrographic Office

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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...

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Hydrographic office

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A hydrographic office is an organization which is devoted to acquiring and publishing hydrographic information. Historically, the main tasks of hydrographic...

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United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

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The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is the UK's agency for providing hydrographic and marine geospatial data to mariners and maritime organisations...

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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey

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Nautical chart Naval Oceanographic Office Seconds pendulum Surveying Topography United States Hydrographic Office US Coast and Geodetic Survey Seismological...

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Inland sea

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"inland sea" is complex and somewhat necessarily vague. The United States Hydrographic Office defined it as "a body of water nearly or completely surrounded...

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Sea state

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Practical Navigator, H.O. publication No. 9 (revised ed.), United States Hydrographic Office, OCLC 31033357 Faltinsen, O. M. (1990), Sea Loads on Ships...

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Karimata Strait

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after Minto and Raffles' departure. A 1915 publication by the United States Hydrographic Office commented that despite being much wider, the strait did not...

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Naval Oceanographic Office

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Observatory and Hydrographical Office. In 1866, an Act of Congress separated the two functions, establishing the Hydrographic Office as a distinct activity...

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London Island

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island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com South America Island High Points above 1000 meters United States Hydrographic Office, South America Pilot (1916)...

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List of Member States of the International Hydrographic Organization

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As of May 2024[update], the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) comprised 100 Member States, two of which are suspended because of their lapsed...

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Archipelagoes of Patagonia

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Pacific Ocean, covering about one third of Chile's coast. The United States Hydrographic Office, stated in its South America Pilot (1916): The Patagonian...

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Point Cires

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and navigation of the Gulf of Cadiz, the western coast of the Spanish Peninsula, and the Strait of Gibraltar. United States. Hydrographic Office. p. 89....

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Hanover Island

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information @ WorldIslandInfo.com South America Island High Points above 1000 meters United States Hydrographic Office, South America Pilot 1916) v t e...

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Mata Utu

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south-central groups. United States Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic Center. 1976. p. 173. United States. Hydrographic Office (1940). Publications...

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List of bays of Scotland

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United States. Hydrographic Office (1962). Publications ... U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 32. United States. Hydrographic Office (1948). Publications...

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Isla de sa Porrassa

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Beach. Publications. Vol. 151 (Digitized May 5, 2009 ed.). United States. Hydrographic Office. 1920. p. 221. "Magalluf Guide". Archived from the original...

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Duncan Mountains

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(2 ed.), United States. Hydrographic Office, 1960  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Hydrographic...

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Spanish Ladies

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United States Hydrographic Office. British Islands Pilot, Vol. 1: The south coast of England from the Scilly Isles to the Thames, pp. 37 ff. United States...

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Guadalmina

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prevenir inundaciones". Diario Sur. Retrieved 23 June 2013. United States. Hydrographic Office (1916). Mediterranean Pilot: Strait of Gibraltar, south and...

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Quarles Range

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(2 ed.), United States. Hydrographic Office, 1960  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Hydrographic...

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International Code of Signals

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Communications, United States Edition, 1969 (Revised 2003) International code of signals for the use of all nations United States Hydrographic Office, 1882. Código...

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Points of the compass

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Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. United States Hydrographic Office. p. 15. Kemp, Peter, ed. (1988). "Box the Compass". The Oxford...

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Strait of Magellan

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Strait of Magellan World History Project Satellite image, Strait of Magellan via Google Maps United States Hydrographic Office, South America Pilot (1916)...

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Chandabali

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development of a market for agricultural produce. In the 1910s, the United States Hydrographic Office noted that the opening of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway had drawn...

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List of bays of the Shetland Islands

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Office. p. 328. Dept, Great Britain Hydrographic (1894). North Sea Pilot (4th ed.). London: J. D. Potter. p. 54. Office, United States Hydrographic (1962)...

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La Poile Bay

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on the bay. This article includes text incorporated from United States Hydrographic Office & R. G. Davenport's "Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast...

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Axel Heiberg Glacier

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(2 ed.), United States. Hydrographic Office, 1960  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Hydrographic...

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Cape Farewell Archipelago

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ISBN 978-1-57785-753-2. United States. Hydrographic Office (1947). Publications. United States. Hydrographic Office 1947, p. 67. United States. Hydrographic Office 1947...

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Tavolara Island

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March 23, 1902. p. 13. United States Hydrographic Office, Great Britain Hydrographic Office, Great Britain Admiralty, United States Navy Dept (1917), Mediterranean...

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