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NAUTICAL CHART MANUAL 



L. 



Buoys and Beacons (see General Remarks) 



(La) . 



(Lb) y FLOAT 



12 0^nOAT 

 13 



Position of buoy 



Light buoy 



Bell buoy 



Cong buoy 



Whistle buoy 



Can or Cylindrical buoy 



Nun or Conical buoy 



Spherical buoy 



Spar buoy 



Pillar buoy 



Buoy with topmark(ball) 

 (See L-701 



Barrel or Ton buoy 



Color unknown 



Float 



Lightfloat 



Outer or Landfall buoy 



Fairway buoy (BWVS) 



Mid-channel buoy (BWVS) 



Starboard-hand buoy (entering 

 from seaward) 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



20a 



21 



22 

 22a 



22b 

 22c 



2_7a 9 

 2_8 9 



29 y Priv mamtd 



Port-hand buoy (entering from 

 seaward) 



Bifurcation buoy (RBHB) 



Junction buoy (RBHB) 



Isolated danger buoy (RBHB) 



Wreck buoy (RBHB or G) 



Obstruction buoy (RBHB or G) 



Telegraph-cable buoy 



Mooring buoy (colors of moor - 

 ing buoys never carried) 



Mooring 



Mooring buoy with telegraphic 

 communications 



Mooring buoy with telephonic 

 communications 



Warping buoy 

 Quarantine buoy 

 Explosive anchorage buoy 

 Aeronautical anchorage buoy 

 Gompass adjustment buoy 

 Fish trap buoy (BWHB) 

 Spoil ground buoy 



Anchorage buoy (marks limits) 



Private buoy (maintained by pri- 

 vate interests, use with caution) 



