# United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/united-kingdom-hydrographic-office-ukho/  
**Website:** http://www.ukho.gov.uk  
**APIs profiled:** 0

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence that sells hydrographic and marine geospatial data, nautical charts, publications and digital navigation services under the Admiralty brand. It supplies these products to mariners, shipping companies, defence users and other maritime stakeholders worldwide to support safe, efficient and compliant navigation.

## Kin Score — 16.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 46.4 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 15.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Access Clarity | 34.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 13.7 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 6.0 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |

## Security (1)

- **United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Ukho Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Hydrography, Nautical Charts, Maritime Navigation, Defence, Marine Data, Admiralty Products

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/united-kingdom-hydrographic-office-ukho/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.