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Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776 , during the ...
Map showing changes to the mean center of population for the United States, 1790–2020 (US Census Bureau) [1] Map of the Position of the U.S. Geographic Center of Area, Mean Center of Population, and Median Center of Population, 2020 (U.S. Census Bureau) [2] The center of the US population, 13th census (1910), near Bloomington, Indiana The center of the US population, 13th census (1910), near ...
Shaded relief map of the United States, showing 10 geological provinces. The richly textured landscape of the United States is a product of the dueling forces of plate tectonics, weathering and erosion. Over the 4.5 billion-year history of the Earth, tectonic upheavals and colliding plates have raised great mountain ranges while the forces of ...
Animated map of the territorial evolution of the United States US Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions, 2007 After Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese-ruled Northern Mariana Islands came under control of the United States. [1] The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America ...
The continental shelf of the United States serves as the limit of United States sovereign power, when not demarcated by an actual land border. Due to the fact that "The coastal State exercises over the continental shelf sovereign rights," [ 1 ] the continental shelf serves as the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone of the United ...
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