### Question
What does public land mean?


### Answer
**Public land** has the following meaning in *16 U.S.C. § 460s*:

> the approximately .32 acres of United States Coast Guard land and improvements to the land, including the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Operations Station and the front and rear range lights, as depicted on the map

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 460s*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES > SUBCHAPTER LXXVII-PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE**

