NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

US1PO02E - NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN EASTERN PART

INDEX:
AIDS TO NAVIGATION
AUTHORITIES
WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER
POLLUTION REPORTS
CAUTION - TEMPORARY
CAUTION - LIMITATIONS
CAUTION - DANGER
CAUTION - SUBMERGED
TIDAL INFORMATION
VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE
VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
RADAR REFLECTORS


NOTES:
AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Consult United States Coast Guard 
Light List for supplemental information con-
cerning aids to navigation.
See United States National Imagery and 
Mapping Agency List of Lights and Fog 
Signals for information not included in the United 
States Coast Guard Light List.


AUTHORITIES
Hydrography and topography by the United States National 
Ocean Service, Coast Survey, with additional data from the 
United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency, United  
States Coast Guard, Canadian Hydrographic Service, and the 
Japanese Hydrographic Department.

 
WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER
The prudent mariner will not rely solely on 
any single aid to navigation, particularly on 
floating aids. See United States Coast Guard 
Light List and United States Coast Pilot for 
details.


POLLUTION REPORTS
Report all spills of oil and hazardous sub-
stances to the National Response Center via 
1-800-424-8802 (toll free), or to the nearest 
United States Coast Guard facility if tele-
phone communication is impossible (33 CFR 153).


CAUTION - TEMPORARY
Temporary changes or defects in aids to 
navigation are not indicated. See 
Local Notice to Mariners.


CAUTION - LIMITATIONS
Limitations on the use of radio signals as 
aids to marine navigation can be found in the 
United States Coast Guard Light Lists and 
United States National Imagery and Mapping 
Agency Publication 117.
Radio direction-finder bearings to commercial 
broadcasting stations are subject to error and 
should be used with caution.


CAUTION - DANGER
Danger, Prohibited, and Restricted Areas falling 
within the limits of the larger scale charts are shown 
thereon and not repeated.


CAUTION - SUBMERGED
Submerged Submarine Operating Areas falling within 
the limits of the larger scale charts are shown 
thereon and not repeated.


TIDAL INFORMATION
For tidal information see the NOS tide table publication or go to 
http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov


VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE
Recommended traffic lanes established for approaches to San Francisco 
Bay are shown on charts 18645, 18680 and 18640.
Recommended traffic lanes established in Santa Barbara Channel are 
shown on charts 18740 and 18720.
Recommended traffic lanes established for approaches to the Strait 
Juan De Fuca are shown on charts 18480, 18400 and 18465.


VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICE
Recommended traffic lanes established in Prince William Sound 
are shown on NOS charts 16707, 16708, 16709 and 16700.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information can be obtained at 
www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov


RADAR REFLECTORS
Radar reflectors have been placed on many 
floating aids to navigation. Individual radar 
reflector identification on these aids has been 
omitted.


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