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    "title": "EAARL-B Submerged Topography - Saint Croix and Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2014",
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    "modified": "2025-04-04T13:48:55.935Z",
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        "EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION > TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF MAPS",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY\/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION",
        "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > VIRGIN ISLANDS",
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        "COUNTRY\/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000)",
        "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000)",
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