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1. CIA World Factbook 2002
Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic Data Codes

                                                                       
     IHO 23-4th:  Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23,    
     Draft 4th Edition 1986, published by the International Hydrographic
     Bureau of the International Hydrographic Organization              
     IHO 23-3rd:  Limits of Oceans and Seas, Special Publication 23, 3rd
     Edition 1953, published by the International Hydrographic          
     Organization                                                       
     ACIC M 49-1:  Chart of Limits of Seas and Oceans, revised January  
     1958, published by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center   
     (ACIC), United States Air Force; note - ACIC is now part of the    
     National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA)                         
     DIAM 65-18:  Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features, Data 
     Standard No. 4, Defense Intelligence Agency Manual 65-18, December 
     1994, published by the Defense Intelligence Agency                 
     The US Government has not yet adopted a standard for hydrographic  
     codes similar to the Federal Information Processing Standards      
     (FIPS) 10-4 country codes. The names and limits of the following   
     oceans and seas are not always directly comparable because of      
     differences in the customers, needs, and requirements of the       
     individual organizations. Even the number of principal water bodies
     varies from organization to organization. Factbook users, for      
     example, find the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean entries useful, 
     but none of the following standards include those oceans in their  
     entirety. Nor is there any provision for combining codes or        
     overcodes to aggregate water bodies. The recently delimited        
     Southern Ocean is not included.                                    

                                                                        
                           Principal Oceans and Seas of the World        
                           With Hydrographic Codes by Institution        
                    IHO 23-4th IHO 23-3rd* ACIC M 49-1     DIAM 65-18    
     Arctic Ocean   9          17          A               5A            
    Atlantic Ocean  -          -           -               -             
    North Atlantic  1          23          B               1A            
    Ocean                                                                
    South Atlantic  4          32          C               2A            
    Ocean                                                                
      Baltic Sea    2          1           B26             7B            
     Indian Ocean   5          45          F               6A            
     Mediterranean  3.1        28          B11             -             
     Sea                                                                 
     Eastern        3.1.2      28 B        -               8E            
     Mediterranean                                                       
     Western        3.1.1      28 A        -               8W            
     Mediterranean                                                       
     Pacific Ocean  -          -           -               -             
     North Pacific  7          57          D               3A            
     Ocean                                                               
     South Pacific  8          61          E               4A            
     Ocean                                                               
    South China and 6          49, 48      D18 plus others 3U plus others
    Eastern                                                              
    Archipelagic                                                         
    Seas                                                                 
        *The letters after the numbers are subdivisions, not footnotes.  



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