List of Lights Radio Aids and Fog Signals 2012 British Isles, English Channel and North Sea
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PUB. 114 LIST OF LIGHTS RADIO AIDS AND FOG SIGNALS 2012 BRITISH ISLES, ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA IMPORTANT THIS PUBLICATION SHOULD BE CORRECTED EACH WEEK FROM THE NOTICE TO MARINERS Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Springfield, VA © COPYRIGHT 2012 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. For sale by the Superintendant of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office *7642014007536* Internet: 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 NSN 7642014007536 NGA REF. NO. LLPUB114 LIST OF LIGHTS LIMITS NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 114 LIGHTS BRITISH ISLES 2012 WARNING ON USE OF FLOATING AIDS TO NAVIGATION TO FIX A NAVIGATIONAL POSITION The aids to navigation depicted on charts comprise a system consisting of fixed and floating aids with varying degrees of reliability. Therefore, prudent mariners will not rely solely on any single aid to navigation, particularly a floating aid. The buoy symbol is used to indicate the approximate position of the buoy body and the sinker which secures the buoy to the seabed. The approximate position is used because of practical limitations in positioning and maintaining buoys and their sinkers in precise geographical locations. These limitations include, but are not limited to, inherent imprecisions in position fixing methods, prevailing atmospheric and sea conditions, the slope of and the material making up the seabed, the fact that buoys are moored to sinkers by varying lengths of chain, and the fact that buoy and/or sinker positions are not under continuous surveillance but are normally checked only during periodic maintenance visits which often occur more than a year apart. The position of the buoy body can be expected to shift inside and outside the charting symbol due to the forces of nature. The mariner is also cautioned that buoys are liable to be carried away, shifted, capsized, sunk, etc. Lighted buoys may be extinguished or sound signals may not function as the result of ice or other natural causes, collisions, or other accidents. For the foregoing reasons, a prudent mariner must not rely completely upon the position or operation of floating aids to navigation, but will also utilize bearings from fixed objects and aids to navigation on shore. Further, a vessel attempting to pass close aboard always risks collision with a yawing buoy or with the obstruction the buoy marks. PREFACE The 2012 edition of Pub. 114, List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals for the British Isles, English Channel and North Sea, cancels the previous edition of Pub. 114. This edition contains information available to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) up to 14 April 2012, including Notice to Mariners No. 15 of 2012. A summary of corrections subsequent to the above date will be in Section II of the Notice to Mariners which announced the issuance of this publication. In the interval between new editions, corrective information affecting this publication will be published in the Notice to Mariners and must be applied in order to keep this publication current. Nothing in the manner of presentation of information in this publication or in the arrangement of material implies endorsement or acceptance by NGA in matters affecting the status and boundaries of States and Territories. RECORD OF CORRECTIONS PUBLISHED IN WEEKLY NOTICE TO MARINERS NOTICE TO MARINERS YEAR 2012 YEAR 2013 1........ 14........ 27........ 40........ 1........ 14........ 27........ 40........ 2........ 15........ 28........ 41........ 2........ 15........ 28........ 41........ 3........ 16........ 29........ 42........ 3........ 16........ 29........ 42........ 4........ 17........ 30........ 43........ 4........ 17........ 30........ 43........ 5........ 18........ 31........ 44........ 5........ 18........ 31........ 44........ 6........ 19........ 32........ 45........ 6........ 19........ 32........ 45........ 7........ 20........ 33........ 46........ 7........ 20........ 33........ 46........ 8........ 21........ 34........ 47........ 8........ 21........ 34........ 47........ 9........ 22........ 35........ 48........ 9........ 22........ 35........ 48........ 10........ 23........ 36........ 49........ 10........ 23........ 36........ 49........ 11........ 24........ 37........ 50........ 11........ 24........ 37........ 50........ 12........ 25........ 38........ 51........ 12........ 25........ 38........ 51........ 13........ 26........ 39........ 52........ 13........ 26........ 39........ 52........ I TABLE OF CONTENTS Index Chartlet. Back of front cover Preface and Record of Corrections Published in Weekly Notice to Mariners . I Introduction . V IALA Buoyage System . .VI Maritime Safety Website . VII Description (Lights, Buoys, RACONs, RAMARKs) . .IX Characteristics of Lights . X Nomenclature of Lights . XII Lightships, Superbuoys, and Offshore Light Stations . XIV Fog Signals . XVI Visibility Table . .XVII Conversion Table — Feet to Whole Meters . XVIII Radiobeacons . XIX Description (Radiobeacons) . XXIV Table of Symbols . .XXV Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) . .XXVIII Description (Differential GPS Stations) . XXIX List of Lights for: Section 1 South Coast of England Including Scilly Isles England-Scilly Isles . 1 England-South Coast . 1 Section 2 East Coast of England Including Thames River and River Humber England-East Coast . 20,22,30 England-Thames River Approaches . 21 England-Thames River Approaches From Northeastward . 22 England-River Humber Approaches . 27 England-River Humber . 28 Section 3 East and North Coasts of Scotland Including Orkney and Shetland Islands Scotland-East Coast . 36 Scotland-North Coast . 46,56 Scotland-Orkney Islands . 46 Scotland-Shetland Islands . 50 Section 4 West Coast of Scotland Including The Hebrides and Firth of Clyde Scotland-West Coast . 57,63,75 Scotland-Hebrides . 60 Scotland-Firth of Clyde . 69 Section 5 West Coast of England and North and West Coasts of Wales Including Bristol Channel England-West Coast . 78,81,97 England-West Coast-Isle of Man . 79 III Wales-North and West Coasts . 85 Wales-West Coast . 86 Wales-Bristol Channel . 89 England-Bristol Channel . 93 Section 6 Ireland and Northern Ireland Ireland-South Coast . 99 Ireland-East Coast . 102 Ireland and Northern Ireland-East Coast . 104 Northern Ireland-East and North Coasts . 109 Northern Ireland and Ireland-North Coast . ..