[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR3.04-1]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 3_COAST GUARD AREAS, DISTRICTS, MARINE INSPECTION ZONES, AND 

CAPTAIN OF THE PORT ZONES--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart 3.04_Coast Guard Areas

 

Sec. 3.04-1  Atlantic Area.





    (a) The Area Office is in Portsmouth, VA.

    (b) The Atlantic Area is comprised of the land areas and U.S. 

navigable waters of the First, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Coast 

Guard Districts and the ocean areas lying east of a line extending from 

the North Pole south along 95[deg] W. longitude to the North American 

land mass; thence along the east coast of the North, Central, and South 

American land mass to the intersection with 70[deg] W. longitude; thence 

due south to the South Pole.



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These waters extend east to the Eastern Hemisphere dividing line between 

the Atlantic and Pacific Areas which lies along a line extending from 

the North Pole south along 100[deg] E. longitude to the Asian land mass 

and along a line extending from the South Pole north along 17[deg] E. 

longitude to the African land mass.



[CGFR 70-150, 36 FR 910, Jan. 20, 1971, as amended by CGD 87-008, 52 FR 

13083, Apr. 21, 1987; CGD 96-025, 61 FR 29959, June 13, 1996]