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Chart No. 1 
Nautical Chart Symbols Abbreviations and Terms

 
Current Edition:   10  
Corrected through U.S. Notice to Mariners No.  32/2010 (07 August 2010)
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Covers (2.66 Mb)
Title Pages (373 kb)
Table of Contents (239 kb)
Introduction (1.56 Mb)
Schematic Layout (263 kb)
Section A - Chart Number, Title, Marginal Notes (1.49 Mb)
Section B - Positions, Distances, Directions, Compass (1.19 Mb)
Section C - Natural Features (3.46 Mb)
Section D - Cultural Features (2.52 Mb)
Section E - Landmarks (4.12 Mb)
Section F - Ports (2.54 Mb)
Section G - Topographic Terms (401 kb)
Section H - Tides, Currents (882 kb)
Section I - Depths (1.01 Mb)
Section J - Nature of the Seabed (815 kb)
Section K - Rocks, Wrecks, Obstructions (1.25 Mb)
Section L - Offshore Installations (836 kb)
Section M - Tracks, Routes (1.55 Mb)
Section N - Areas, Limits (1.42 Mb)
Section O - Hydrographic Terms (314 kb)
Section P - Lights (2.1 Mb)
Section Q - Buoys, Beacons (2.23 Mb)
Section R - Fog Signals (284 kb)
Section S - Radar, Radio, Electronic Position-Fixing Systems (853 kb)
Section T - Services (1.13 Mb)
Section U - Small Craft Facilities (427 kb)
Section V - Index of Abbreviations (1.22 Mb)
Section W - International Abbreviations (410 kb)
Section X - List of Descriptors (763 kb)
IALA Section (827 kb)

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