美国国家地理学会

美国国家地理学会成立于1888年。

The National Geographic Society began in 1888 .

这就是鲸鱼谷，它是美国国家地理学会和密歇根大学的考古学家发掘的。

This is the " Whale Valley " . It was discovered and excavated by the archaeologists from " American National Geographic Society " and Michigan University .

美国国家地理学会是一个非营利科学与教育组织，许多地图集和制图师都参考该组织的制图标准。

The National Geographic , a non-profit scientific and educational organization whose mapping standards are referenced by many atlases .

美国国家地理学会（NationalGeographicSociety）去年初组织的一项调查显示，美国18岁至24岁的青年成人只有一半能在地图上找出纽约所在，60%的人在中东地图上找不到伊拉克。

A survey from early last year sponsored by the National Geographic Society found that only half of young American adults , ages 18 to 24 , could locate New York state on a map . Six out of 10 couldn 't find Iraq on a map of the Middle East .

美国国家地理学会的数据显示，赤道每年都在以不到一毫米的速度“萎缩”。

The'bulge'at the Equator had been shrinking by less than a millimetre a year , according to National Geographic .

泰瑞阿达姆森，另一名美国国家地理学会专门负责法律事务和政府公关的行政副总裁主要负责杂志的国际版所有事务。

Adamson , Society Executive Vice President who also is the Society 's chief legal officer and heads governmental relations , has overall responsibility for the Society 's international publications .

先前美国地名委员会已经认定南大洋是世界第五大洋，但这是美国国家地理学会第一次承认南大洋的地位。美国地名委员会是一家创立于1890年的联邦机构，通过联邦政府来“统一地名”。

The US Board of Geographic Names , a federal body created in 1890 to establish and maintain " uniform geographic name usage " through the federal government , already recognizes the Southern ocean as occupying the same territory , but this is the first time the National Geographic has done so .