Henry Stellwagen

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United States Navy officer hydrographer person

Henry Stellwagen was a 19th-century U.S. Navy officer and hydrographer whose coastal survey work led to the prominent marine sanctuary Stellwagen Bank being named in his honor.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Stellwagen Bank 0
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary 0

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy officer ⓘ
hydrographer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
areaOfActivity New England coastal waters ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic Bight of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Atlantic Ocean
contributedTo improvement of nautical charts for the U.S. East Coast ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
employer United States Navy ⓘ
fieldOfWork coastal surveying ⓘ
hydrography ⓘ
nautical charting ⓘ
genre nautical charts ⓘ
hasPartIn 19th-century United States coastal survey efforts ⓘ
honoredBy Stellwagen Bank ⓘ
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Stellwagen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Henry Stellwagen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
nameGivenTo Stellwagen Bank ⓘ
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary ⓘ
notableFor contributions to U.S. coastal hydrography ⓘ
surveys that improved navigation safety off the New England coast ⓘ
notableWork coastal survey work of the New England region ⓘ
hydrographic surveys of Stellwagen Bank area ⓘ
occupation United States Navy officer ⓘ
hydrographer ⓘ

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Stellwagen Bank → discoveredBy → Henry Stellwagen ⓘ
Stellwagen Bank → namedAfter → Henry Stellwagen ⓘ
Henry Stellwagen → namedAfter → Henry Stellwagen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Stellwagen Bank
Henry Stellwagen → namedAfter → Henry Stellwagen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary