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Shipwrecks on US approach charts

Explore 3,259 shipwreck locations from NOAA harbour approach charts. Not for navigation.

Preview of Shipwrecks on US approach charts
NOAA Office of Coast Survey. Prepared source snapshot, 9 September 2026.

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About this dataset

  • Shows shipwrecks from NOAA harbour approach charts. Some wrecks have no name, and others are not included.

Source and licence

NOAA Office of Coast Survey

Licence: NOAA chart data policy

GeoJSON download details

The download includes all 3,259 features as points. Coordinates use longitude and latitude in WGS84.

The preparation date is when we prepared this dataset. Read the source notes for the dates covered by the data.

GeoJSON fields 23
OBJL
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
CATWRK
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
CONRAD
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
CONVIS
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
EXPSOU
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
HEIGHT
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
OBJNAM
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
QUASOU
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
SOUACC
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
TECSOU
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
VALSOU
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
VERACC
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
VERDAT
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
VERLEN
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
WATLEV
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
INFORM
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
SCAMIN
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
SORDAT
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
SORIND
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
DSNM
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
APPROACH.WRECKS_POINT.FID
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
name
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.
color
Original NOAA Office of Coast Survey field.