# World Ports Gazetteer

A global reference layer of named ports, point locations and source website references.

## Contents

| File | Records | Format |
|---|---:|---|
| ports.geojson | 1,081 | GeoJSON FeatureCollection |

The download contains the populated data, a field dictionary, source metadata, reuse terms, a change log and file digests. It contains no scripts, libraries, executables or conversion tools.

## Coverage

All records in the Natural Earth ports layer. This is a map gazetteer, not a complete operational harbor directory or navigation publication. Coordinates are WGS84 longitude, latitude.

## Sources and dates

- [Natural Earth](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/ca96624a56bd078437bca8184e78163e5039ad19/geojson/ne_10m_ports.geojson): ca96624a56bd078437bca8184e78163e5039ad19. Retrieved 2026-09-08T02:02:45.095885+00:00.

## Read the data

JSON tables are arrays of records. GeoJSON files are FeatureCollections, with data fields under each feature’s properties. `data-dictionary.json` defines the fields, units, nulls and observed types. `metadata.json` supplies primary keys and source hashes. Preserve identifiers as text and distinguish missing values from zero.

GeoJSON coordinates are WGS84 in longitude, latitude order. Feature IDs are also present in properties.id.

## Example record

This is an actual record from the data. For map layers, the example shows properties; the downloaded GeoJSON also contains the complete geometry.

```json
{
  "id": "1730087247",
  "name": "Sint Nicolaas",
  "feature_type": "Port",
  "website": "www.rocargo.com/SanNicolas.html",
  "scale_rank": 8
}
```

## Reuse terms

Public domain. Made with Natural Earth. Authors and contributors: Natural Earth, Tom Patterson, Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso and contributors.

[Publisher terms](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/). License notices are included where supplied.

## Tracking changes

Track source feature IDs, names and coordinates; do not infer operational status from continued presence.

This publication is a snapshot. No automatic refresh is scheduled. New imports must preserve their source version, retrieval date and hashes, then publish a new Arcomm revision.

## Download

[Download the file](/files/555172119d9f5c1b1030a1c6dc99babdfd7ccee17215afc94b06f53294697270)

SHA-256: `555172119d9f5c1b1030a1c6dc99babdfd7ccee17215afc94b06f53294697270`

Size: 38386 bytes.

## Revisions

[Revision history](/agent/docs/world-ports/history)