Welcome to the "America's Coastline
Album".
Enjoy this sampling of America's 95,000 miles of coastline and the
adjacent coastal regions. NOAA and its predecessor agencies have been
observing, studying, and surveying America's coastline for nearly
200 years. Indeed, the Coast Survey, the forerunner of all United
States science agencies, was formed specifically to chart the United
States coastline and the immediate offshore waters.
The coastline pictures that you will see in this album have come
from personnel associated with virtually all elements of NOAA including
latter-day Coast Surveyors, fisheries scientists, oceanic and atmospheric
researchers, weather observers, and even NOAA librarians. Although
most images are relatively recent, there are sketches and drawings
dating back to the early Nineteenth Century found within this album.
Come join us now and view the waves and flying spray, rocky shores
and sandy beaches, marshes and mangroves, and seaside villages and
great port cities that collectively make up America's Coastline.