United States Coast Survey

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cartographic organization federal scientific agency hydrographic survey organization

The United States Coast Survey was a 19th-century U.S. federal scientific agency responsible for charting the nation’s coasts and producing nautical maps to support safe navigation and commerce.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 4
United States Coast Survey canonical 2
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographic organization ⓘ
federal scientific agency ⓘ
hydrographic survey organization ⓘ
activityPeriod 19th century ⓘ
contributedTo development of American geodesy ⓘ
development of American oceanography ⓘ
standardization of U.S. coastal charts ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
director Alexander Dallas Bache ⓘ
Benjamin Peirce ⓘ
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler ⓘ
Eugene W. Hilgard ⓘ
surface form: Julius Erasmus Hilgard
dissolved 1878 ⓘ
employed Alexander Dallas Bache ⓘ
Benjamin Peirce ⓘ
George Davidson ⓘ
Eugene W. Hilgard ⓘ
surface form: Julius Erasmus Hilgard

Louis Agassiz ⓘ
established 1807 ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
field cartography ⓘ
coastal engineering ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ
hydrography ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
followedBy National Geodetic Survey ⓘ
surface form: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
legalBasis Embargo Act of 1807 ⓘ
surface form: Act of Congress of 1807
mergedInto United States Coast Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
notableWork coast pilot guides ⓘ
nautical charts of the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
nautical charts of the U.S. Atlantic coast ⓘ
nautical charts of the U.S. Pacific coast ⓘ
operatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
U.S. coastal waters ⓘ
parentAgency United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
primaryPurpose charting the coasts of the United States ⓘ
producing nautical charts ⓘ
supporting maritime commerce ⓘ
supporting safe navigation ⓘ
usedInstrument chronometer ⓘ
lead line ⓘ
sextant ⓘ
theodolite ⓘ
usedMethod geodetic surveying ⓘ
hydrographic sounding ⓘ
triangulation surveying ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NGS → foundedAs → United States Coast Survey ⓘ
subject surface form: National Geodetic Survey
NGS → predecessor → United States Coast Survey ⓘ
subject surface form: National Geodetic Survey
this entity surface form: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
National Ocean Service → replaces → United States Coast Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Charles Sanders Peirce → employer → United States Coast Survey ⓘ
Cleveland Abbe → employer → United States Coast Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States Coast Survey → mergedInto → United States Coast Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Cobb Seamount → discoveredBy → United States Coast Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey