The following are Seasonal Tropical Areas:
(1)
In the North Atlantic
An area bounded-
on the north by the rhumb line
from Cape Catoche, Yucatan, to Cape San Antonio, Cuba, the north coast
of Cuba to latitude 20°N and thence the parallel of latitude 20°N
to longitude 20°W;
on the west by the coast of the
American continent;
on the south and east by the northern
boundary of the Tropical Zone.
(2)
In the Arabian Sea
An area bounded-
on the west by the coast of Africa,
the meridian of longitude 45°E in the Gulf of Aden, the coast
of South Arabia and the meridian of longitude 59°E in the Gulf
of Oman;
on the north and east by the coasts of Pakistan
and India;
on the south by the northern boundary of the
Tropical Zone.
(3)
In the Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal north of the northern boundary of the Tropical
Zone.
(4)
In the South Indian Ocean
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(a) An area bounded-
on the north and west by the southern boundary of the Tropical
Zone and the east coast of Madagascar;
on the south by the parallel of latitude 20°S;
on the east by the rhumb line from the point latitude 20°S,
longitude 50°E, to the point latitude 15°S, longitude 51°30'E,
and thence by the meridian of longitude 51°30'E to latitude 10°S
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(b) An area bounded-
on the north by the southern boundary of the Tropical Zone;
on the east by the coast of Australia;
on the south by the parallel of latitude 15°S from longitude
51°30'E, to longitude 120°E and thence the meridian of longitude
120°E to the coast of Australia;
on the west by the meridian of longitude 51°30'E.
(5)
In the China Sea
An area bounded-
on the west and north by the coasts
of Viet-Nam and China from latitude 10°N to Hong Kong;
on
the east by the rhumb line from Hong Kong to the Port of Sual (Luzon
Island) and the west coasts of the Islands of Luzon, Samar and Leyte
to latitude 10°N;
on the south by the parallel of
latitude 10°N.
Hong Kong and Sual are to be considered
as being on the boundary of the Seasonal Tropical Area and Summer
Zone.
(6)
In the North Pacific
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(a) An area bounded-
on the north by the parallel of latitude 25°N;
on the west by the meridian of longitude 160°E;
on the south by the parallel of latitude 13°N;
on the east by the meridian of longitude 130°W.
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(b) An area bounded-
on the north and east by the west coast of the American continent;
on the west by the meridian of longitude 123°W from the
coast of the American continent to latitude 33°N and by the rhumb
line from the point latitude 33°N, longitude 123°W, to the
point latitude 13°N, longitude 105°W;
on the south by the parallel of latitude 13°N.
(7)
In the South Pacific
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(a) The Gulf of Carpentaria south of latitude
11°S.
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(b) An area bounded-
on the north and east by the southern boundary of the Tropical
Zone;
on the south by the Tropic of Capricorn from the east coast
of Australia to longitude 150°W, thence by the meridian of longitude
150°W, to latitude 20°S and thence by the parallel of latitude
20°S to the point where it intersects the southern boundary of
the Tropical Zone;
on the west by the boundaries of the area within the Great Barrier
Reef included in the Tropical Zone and by the east coast of Australia.