NAUTICAL CHART SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS 



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Buoys and Beacons (continued) 



30 



30a 



31 9 



32 f 



33 f 







(Lc) • 



41 D 



42 ■ 



44 



45 



46 



47 



48 



(Ld> 



(Le> 



Temporary buoy 

 (See Kk,l,m,n) 



Winter buoy 

 HB Horizontal stripes or bands 



VS Vertical stripes 



Chec Checkered 

 Diag Diagonal buoy 

 W White 



51 y Floating beacon 



ARW Ayy A.^ Fixed beacon (unhghted or 



B" Br Bn day beacon) 



A Bn Black beacon 



A Bn Color unknown 



(Lf) Omarker 



S3 



54 



Private aid to navigation 

 Bn Beacon, in general (See L-52) 



Tower beacon 



55 



56 A Deviation 



Bn 



57 



58 



Cardinal marking system 



Compass adjustment beacon 



Topmarks (See L- 9, 70) 



Telegraph - cable (landing) 

 beacon 



Piles (See 0-30, H-9) 



Stakes 



Stumps (See 0-30) 



Perches 



62 



63 O 

 (Lg> o 



Cairn ^airn 



Painted patches 



Landmark (conspicuous object) 

 (See D-2) 



Landmark (position 

 approximate) 



REF Reflector 



G 



(Lh) 



MARKER 



WOr rhwor 



Range targets, markers 

 Special-purpose buoys 



70 Note: TOPMARKS on buoys and beacons may 

 be shown on charts of foreign waters. 

 The abbreviation for black is not 

 shown adjacent to buoys or beacons. 



(Li) -'^ RaRef Radar reflector (See M-13) 



