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PUB. 131 SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) ★ WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN ★ Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Bethesda, Maryland © COPYRIGHT 2004 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. 2004 ELEVENTH EDITION For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: http://bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; DC area (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 Preface 0.0 Pub. 131, Sailing Directions (Enroute) for Western Digital Update (PDU) from the NGA Maritime Division web- Mediterranean, Eleventh Edition, 2004, is issued for use in site. conjunction with Pub. 140, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) North Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, North Sea, and the 0.0NGA Maritime Division Website Mediterranean Sea. The companion volume is Pub. 132. http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/maritime 0.0 0.0 This publication as originally published has been corrected 0.0 Courses.—Courses are true, and are expressed in the same to 27 November 2004, including Notice to Mariners No. 48 of manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a 2004. course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of origin along a track having the identical meridianal angle as the 0.0 Subsequent Publication Digital Updates (PDUs) have designated course. Vessels following the directives must allow corrected this publication to 10 March 2007, including Notice for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track, to Mariners No. 10 of 2007. and navigate so that the designated course is continuously being made good. Explanatory Remarks 0.0 Currents.—Current directions are the true directions toward which currents set. 0.0 Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- 0.0 Dangers.—As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part, of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10, mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal Sections 2791 and 2792 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing passage or fairway are described. Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the 0.0 Distances.—Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1 world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. in meters, or tenths of miles. 0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and 0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally port approach information which supplements the largest scale those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren- chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence theses following another name are alternate names that may Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted called “Sectors.” only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks, 0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to from 000˚ (north) to 360˚, measured clockwise. General specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com- interest of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or their pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended status of an area by the United States Government. degrees are used. 0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to the plane of reference 0.0 Coastal Features.—It is assumed that the majority of ships used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters. have radar. Available coastal descriptions and views, useful for 0.0 Index-Gazetteer.—Navigational features and place-names radar and visual piloting are included in geographic sequence are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi- in each Sector. mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers 0.0 Corrective Information.—Users should refer corrections, (e.g. 1.1), facilitate location in the text. additions, and comments to NGA’s Maritime Operations Desk, 0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides internet links to as follows: web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ- 0.0 1. Toll free: 1-800-362-6289 ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy- 0.0 2. Commercial: 301-227-3147 drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities. 0.0 3. DSN: 287-3147 NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the 0.0 4. DNC web site: http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/dnc accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the web 0.0 5. Maritime Divi- sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and omis- 0.0 sion web site: http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/mari sions of these web sites. 0.0 time 0.0 Light and Fog Signals.—Lights and fog signals are not de- 0.0 6. E-mail: [email protected] scribed, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light 0.0 7. Mailing address: Maritime Division Lists should be consulted for complete information. 0.0 National Geospatial-Intelligence 0.0 Ports.—Directions for entering ports are depicted where 0.0 Agency appropriate by means of chartlets, sketches, and photos, which Mail Stop D-44 facilitate positive identification of landmarks and navigational 0.0 4600 Sangamore Road aids. These chartlets and sketches are not always to scale, how- 0.0 Bethesda MD 20816-5003 ever, and should be used only as a general informational guide 0.0 New editions of Sailing Directions are corrected through the in conjunction with the best scale chart. Specific port facilities date of the publication shown above. Important information to are omitted from the standard format. They are tabulated in amend material in the publication is available as a Publication Pub. 150, World Port Index. Pub. 131 III 0.0 Radio Navigational Aids.—Radio navigational aids are not Reference List described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational Aids and NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine 0.0 The principal sources examined in the preparation of this Broadcasts, should be consulted. publication were: 0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to the datum of the charts and are expressed in meters. 0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions. 0.0 Special Warnings.—A Special Warning may be in force for 0.0 French Sailing Directions. the geographic area covered by this publication. Special 0.0 Italian Sailing Directions. Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon 0.0 Spanish Sailing Directions. promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is 0.0 Various port handbooks. printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad- 0.0 Reports from United States naval and merchant vessels and cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation. various shipping companies. Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Division 0.0 Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu- website. ments. 0.0 Wind Directions.—Wind directions are the true directions 0.0 Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu- from which winds blow. ments in possession of the Agency. IV Pub. 131 Contents How to Keep this Book Corrected . II Preface. III Chartlet—Sector Limits . VII Conversion Tables. VIII Sailing Directions Information and Suggestion Sheet . IX Abbreviations . XI Sector 1 The Strait of Gibraltar . 1 Sector 2 Spain—Great Europa Point to Cabo de Palos . 15 Sector 3 Spain—Cabo de Palos to Cabo Cerbere . 29 Sector 4 Spain—Islas Baleares . 49 Sector 5 Morocco—Punta Almina to Oued Kiss . 61 Sector 6 Algeria—Oued Kiss to Cap Matifou . 69 Sector 7 Algeria and Tunisia—Cap Matifou to Cap Serrat . 81 Sector 8 Tunisia—Cap Serrat to Ras Ajdir . 91 Sector 9 France—Cap Cerbere to Ruisseau Saint-Louis . 103 Sector 10 Italy—West Coast—Ruisseau Saint-Louis to Promontorio di Piombino (including off-lying islands) . 133 Sector 11 France—Corse (Corsica) . 159 Sector 12 Italy—Sardegna (Sardinia) . 175 Sector 13 Italy—West Coast—Promontorio di Piombino to Capo Spartivento . 199 Sector 14 Italy—The Strait of Sicilia and Malta Channel . 231 Pub. 131 V Contents Sector 15 Italy—Sicilia (Sicily) and Stretto di Messina . 245 Sector 16 Italy—Southeast Coast—Capo Spartivento to Capo Santa Maria de Leuca . 271 Sector 17 Italy—East Coast—Capo Santa Maria di Leuca to Testa del Gargano . 281 Sector 18 Italy—East Coast—Testa del Gargano to Fiume Po Delta (including off-lying islands) . 291 Sector 19 Italy—The Gulf of Venice—Fiume Po Delta to Punta del Tagliamento . 303 Sector 20 Italy and Slovenia—The Gulf of Trieste and the Istrian Peninsula . 311 Glossaries . 321 Index—Gazetteer . 331 VI Pub. 131 Pub.131 VII 0.0SECTOR LIMITS — PUB. 131 Conversion Tables Feet to Meters Feet0123456789 0 0.00 0.30 0.61 0.91 1.22 1.52 1.83 2.13 2.44 2.74 10 3.05 3.35 3.66 3.96 4.27 4.57 4.88 5.18 5.49 5.79 20 6.10 6.40 6.71 7.01 7.32 7.62 7.92 8.23 8.53 8.84 30 9.14 9.45 9.75 10.06 10.36 10.67 10.97 11.28 11.58 11.89 40 12.19 12.50 12.80 13.11 13.41 13.72 14.02 14.33 14.63 14.93 50 15.24 15.54 15.85