TXLABoundaryPoints_1976
Shapefile
Tags
Border, Supreme Court
Ruling, Louisiana, Texas, State of Texas, Sabine Lake, Boundaries, TX
Summary
The purpose of this feature is to
define coordinates in order to draw the boundary line between Texas and
Louisiana between Sabine Lake and 9 nautical miles into the Gulf of
Mexico.
Description
Points depicting the official border between Texas and Louisiana.
Credits
Data compiled by TPWD GIS Lab, Sabine
Lake Boundary Line: data was obtained from US Supreme Court ruling in Texas Vs.
Louisiana, October 1969 and provided by the Texas GLO. Boundary line 9 nautical
miles into Gulf of Mexico: data was obtained from 1976 US Supreme Court Ruling:
"That the offshore lateral boundary between the States of Texas and Louisiana
seaward from the point Latitude 29038'37.329" North, Longitude 93 49'30.940"
West (end of jetties) is a line running South-Southeasterly from said point on a
constant bearing of South 13 ¸44'45.8" east true to the seaward limit of
Louisiana's Submerged Lands Act grant. Texas' historic boundary then continues
offshore on the same bearing to the point Latitude 29 32'06.784" North,
Longitude 93 47'41.699" West."
Use limitations
The Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department, its employees, and personnel, make no warranty as to its accuracy.
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, its employees, and personnel MAKE NO
WARRANTY FOR FITNESS OF USE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH
RESPECT TO THIS DATA.