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The current US Exclusive Economic Zone is delineated by yellow outlines. As of January 2021, 53 percent of the United States' ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waterways were unmapped. Map: NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping.

53% of U.S. Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Waters are Unmapped

February 20, 2023September 7, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

According to a new report by the United States’ federal Interagency Working Group on Ocean Coastal Mapping, 53 percent of the country’s ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes water is still unmapped.