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Sampling Site GCE-DB (Doboy Sound)

Site Description  

Name: Doboy Sound

Location: Georgia, USA

Description: Doboy Sound transect used for GCE quarterly hydrographic monitoring surveys. Nominal profiling stations are defined every 2km from -2km to 12km and at 12.6km (relative to station 0km at the line of demarcation), based on an estimated Thalweg line running up the main sound channel.

Access Information: By boat or by land from Sapelo Island (Ownership: Public)

Restrictions: none

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Site Geographic Description

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Rectangular Bounding Box Coordinates:

Corner Latitude, Longitude (deg)

Southwest
Northwest
Northeast
Southeast

31.340942, -81.368240
31.455664, -81.368240
31.455664, -81.242954
31.340942, -81.242954

Polygon Area:  2916.4 hectares

Polygon Center:  31.390267, -81.293662

Polygon Coordinates:

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959, OCE-1237140 and OCE-1832178. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.