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Coast Pilot 9 Noaa

Publisher Marketing: Edition 33 for 2016. This is a copy of the official U. S. Government Coast Pilot with links to U. S. C. G. official site updated weekly. COAST PILOT 9. PACIFIC AND ARCTIC COASTS. ALASKA: CAPE SPENCER to BEAUFORT SEA. There is an app with this book. It downloads to your tablet or phone using the QR code scanner. Save it to the home page and it becomes a permanent app on your tablet or phone. This provides extra links to; Marine parks, trails, fishing, hunting, weather, marinas, harbors, regulations, safety, Google, U. S. C. G., diesels engines, troubleshooting, books, anchorages, TripAdvisor, things to do, float plan, knots, cooking, sea birds, NGA, NOAA, EAS, AIS, NAVAIDS, sports, ferries, wildlife, oceanography, safety, online chart viewer, print charts, kayaking, restaurants, forums, radio frequencies etc etc... Cape Spencer to Beaufort Sea Cape Spencer to Cook Inlet Kodiak Island Alaska Peninsula Aleutian Islands Bering Sea Arctic Ocean The United States Coast Pilot, published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is a series of nine nautical books (volumes) that encompasses a wide variety of information important to navigators of U. S. coastal/intracoastal waters and the waters of the Great Lakes. The Coast Pilot is intended to be used as a supplement to NOAA nautical charts. Much of the content cannot be shown graphically on the charts and is not readily available elsewhere. Topics which are covered include environmental factors of weather, climate, ice conditions, tides, water levels, currents, prominent coastal features and landmarks. Specific information on vertical clearances, wharf descriptions, small-craft facilities, hazards, dredged channels and depths are also provided. Navigation services and regulations are also identified including pilotage, towing, anchorages, routes and traffic separation schemes, environmental protection, and other Federal laws. The series of United States Coast Pilot nautical books cover the entire U. S. coast, including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Great Lakes, the lower Mississippi River, Hawaii, Alaska and the Pacific Islands that are administered by the federal government. EMERGENCY NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE. Coast Pilot 1 covers the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, and part of Massachusetts, from West Quoddy Head in Maine to Provincetown in Massachusetts. Major ports are at Portsmouth, NH and Boston, MA. Coast Pilot 2 covers the Atlantic coast from Cape Cod to Sandy Hook, embracing part of the Massachusetts coast and all of the coasts of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. Coast Pilot 3 covers the Atlantic coast from Sandy Hook to Cape Henry, including the New Jersey Coast, Delaware Bay, Philadelphia, the Delaware - Maryland - Virginia coast, and the Chesapeake Bay. Coast Pilot 4 covers the Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Henry to Key West. Coast Pilot 5 covers the Gulf of Mexico from Key West, FL to the Rio Grande. This area is generally low and mostly sandy, presenting no marked natural features to the mariner approaching from seaward. so covers Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Coast Pilot 6 covers the Great Lakes system, including Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, their connecting waters, and the St. Lawrence River. Coast Pilot 7 covers the rugged United States coast of California, Oregon and Washington, between Mexico on the south and Canadas British Columbia on the north. Coast Pilot 7 also includes Hawaii and other United States territories in the South Pacific. Coast Pilot 8 covers the panhandle section of Alaska between the south boundary and Cape Spencer. In this volume, general ocean coastline is only 250 nautical miles, but tidal shoreline totals 11,085 miles. Coast Pilot 9 deals with the Pacific and Arctic coasts of Alaska from Cape Spencer to the Beaufort Sea. General ocean coastline totals 5,520 nautical miles, and tidal shoreline totals 18,377 miles. Contributor Bio:  Noaa NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNIMA - National Imagery and Mapping Agency