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station which originates with the instant hydrographic survey shall be referenced by 

 "volume 1," which will contain an index of the cuts used to locate that station (seeSldd). 



2155. Assignment of New Station Names 



All marked control stations as well as triangulation stations that are natural 

 objects or artificial structures, must be named at the time of their establishment or 

 location. Other stations established for hydrographic control shall be named by the 

 hydrographer, insofar as practicable. 



2156. Names of New Triangulation Stations 



New and distinctive names shall be assigned to all new triangulation and traverse 

 stations, except as provided in the fourth paragraph- of this item. Where possible, 

 names with individuality shall be selected. If practicable, a station shall be named 

 after some natural geographic feature near which the station is located, such as a bay, 

 river, mountain peak, or town; or it may be named after the owner of the property on 

 which it is located. The use of the property owner's name gives him a pergonal interest 

 in the station and may aid in the preservation of the station mark. It is essential 

 that such names be spelled corr&ctly and every effort must be made to this end. Once 

 the name has been stamped on the disk and becomes a part of the records it cannot 

 be changed. 



Where arbitrary names are selected they shall follow the rule in 2151(1.) 



Long descriptive phrases applied as names to artificial landmarks, in an attempt 

 to make the names serve as descriptions of stations, are particularly objectionable. 



A station which replaces a lost station shall always be given the name of the 

 original station followed by the numeral 2, 3, etc., depending on the sequence 

 of establishment of the new station. Thus, if station NOLAN is lost and a new station 

 is established nearby, the assigned name must, without exception, be NOLAN 2. 

 If the latter is lost and a third station is established the name must be NOLAN 3. 

 This practice shall also be followed when, for any reason, it becomes necessary to 

 establish a new station within an easily taped distance of an existing station. Under 

 no circumstances should such a new station be named NOLAN ECCENTRIC (see 

 2261). 



All triangulation and traverse station names shall be followed by the year of 

 establishment. 



2157. Names of Relocated Buoy and Hydrophone Stations 



A buoy station is the position of the anchor and therefore any station names 

 assigned to buoys are the names of the anchor positions. 



When for any reason a survey buoy is moved to a new anchor position and re- 

 located, a new name shall be assigned to the new location. This applies to buoys 

 and R.A.R. shore hydrophones that have dragged or have been picked up for servicing 

 and relocated in a position slightly different from the original location. 



If desired, the last tliree letters of a shore hydrophone name may be composed 

 of the radio call letters of the shore station, prefixed by a single letter which shall 

 be changed for each different location of the hydrophone. 



2158. Names of Natural Objects or Structures 



Natural objects, whose locations have been determined for use in hydrographic 

 surveys, shall be named according to 2151, except where a geographic or a descriptive 



