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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.

Aleutians

 

General
West to East

South Central Alaska

 

South Central Alaska

Southeast Alaska

 

General
North
Central

South

Hawaiian Islands

 

The Big Island
Maui, Lanai, and Molokai
Oahu

Kauai

General

West Coast

 

West Coast

Southeast

 

Southeast

Chesapeake Bay

The Bay

 

Critters
Beautiful Swimmer - the Blue Crab
Wetlands
Problems
Bay Scenes
Fun and Sun
Conserving and Learning

Sunrise and Sunset on the Bay


Historical Coastal Views

 

Historic pic of Coastline

Historical Coastal Views

 
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Last Updated:
June 9, 2003 11:23 AM