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PUB. 182 SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) ★ NORTH AND WEST COASTS OF NORWAY ★ Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Springfield, Virginia © COPYRIGHT 2018 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. 2018 FOURTEENTH 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 II Preface 7. Mailing address: Maritime Safety Office National Geospatial-Intelligence 0.0 Pub. 182, Sailing Directions (Enroute) North and West Agency Coasts of Norway, Fourteenth Edition, 2018, is issued for use Mail Stop N64-SFH in conjunction with Pub. 180, Sailing Directions (Planning 7500 Geoint Drive Guide) Arctic Ocean. Companion volumes are Pubs. 181 and Springfield VA 22150-7500 183. 0.0 Digital Nautical Charts 21 and 22 provide electronic chart coverage for the area covered by this publication. 0.0 New editions of Sailing Directions are corrected through the date of publication shown above. Important information to 0.0 This publication has been corrected to 5 May 2018, includ- ing Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 2018. Subsequent updates amend material in the publication is available is updated as have corrected this publication to 4 May 2019, including No- needed and available as a downloadable corrected publication tice to Mariners No. 18 of 2019. from the NGA Maritime Domain web site. Explanatory Remarks NGA Maritime Safety Office Web Site https://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal 0.0 Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the authority of Department of Defense Directive 5105.60, dated 29 July 2009, and pursu- 0.0 Courses.—Courses are true, and are expressed in the same ant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10, Chapter manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a 22, Section 451 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing Directions, course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the world, provide origin along a track having the identical meridional angle as information that cannot be shown graphically on nautical the designated course. Vessels following the directives must charts and is not readily available elsewhere. allow for every influence tending to cause deviation from such 0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and track, and navigate so that the designated course is port approach information which supplements the largest scale continuously being made good. chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence 0.0 Currents.—Current directions are the true directions toward Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas which currents set. called “Sectors.” 0.0 Distances.—Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1 0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed from 000° (north) to 360°, measured clockwise. General in meters, or tenths of miles. bearings are expressed by the initial letters of the points of the 0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally compass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren- endings have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are theses following another name are alternate names that may intended, degrees are used. appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted 0.0 Charts.—Reference to charts made throughout this only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks, publication refer to both the paper chart and the Digital such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to Nautical Chart (DNC). specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the 0.0 Corrective Information.—Users should refer corrections, interest of typographical simplicity. additions, and comments to NGA’s Maritime Operations Desk, 0.0 Geographic names or their spellings do not necessarily re- as follows: flect recognition of the political status of an area by the United States Government. 0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to the plane of reference 1. Toll free: 1-800-362-6289 used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters. 2. Commercial: 571-557-5455 0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides Internet links to web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ- 3. DSN: 547-5455 ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy- drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities. 4. DNC web site: https://dnc.nga.mil/ NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of these 5. Maritime Do- https://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/ web sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and main web site: MSI.portal omissions in the contents of these web sites. 0.0 International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) 6. E-mail: [email protected] Code.—The ISPS Code is a comprehensive set of measures to enhance the security of ships and port facilities developed in response to the perceived threats to ships and port facilities in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Information on the ISPS Code can be found at the International Maritime Pub. 182 III Organization web site: ernment” response to an identified maritime threat. International Maritime Organization Home Page Maritime Administration (MARAD)—U.S. Maritime Advisory System http://www.imo.org https://www.marad.dot.gov/environment-and-safety/ office-of-security/msci 0.0 Lights and Fog Signals.—Lights and fog signals are not described, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light Lists should be consulted for complete information. 0.0 Winds.—Wind directions are the true directions from which 0.0 National Ocean Claims.—Information on national ocean winds blow. claims and maritime boundary disputes, which have been com- piled from the best available sources, is provided solely in the Reference List interest of the navigational safety of shipping and in no way constitutes legal recognition by the United States. These non- 0.0 The principal sources examined in the preparation of this recognized claims and requirements may include, but are not publication were: limited to: 0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions. 1. A requirement by a state for advance permission or 0.0 Norwegian Sailing Directions. notification for innocent passage of warships in the territorial 0.0 Various port handbooks. sea. 0.0 Reports from United States Naval and merchant vessels and 2. Straight baseline, internal waters, or historic waters various shipping companies. claims. 0.0 Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu- 3. The establishment of a security zone, where a state ments. claims to control activity beyond its territorial sea for securi- 0.0 Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu- ty reasons unrelated to that state’s police powers in its terri- ments in possession of the Agency. tory, including its territorial sea. 0.0 Internet web sites, as follows: 0.0 Radio Navigational Aids.—Radio navigational aids and ra- 0.0 1. Arctic Pictures of Hornsund, Spitsbergen dio weather services are not described in detail. Publication 0.0 (Marek Szymocha: [email protected]) No. 117 Radio Navigational Aids and NOAA Publication, Se- 0.0 http://www.bergheims.com/hornsund lected Worldwide Marine Weather Broadcasts, should be con- 0.0 2. Bergen City and Port Guide sulted. 0.0 http://www.bergenport.com 0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to the datum of the 0.0 3. Le Club de Voyageurs charts and are expressed in meters. 0.0 (Paul Kerrien: [email protected]) 0.0 Time.—Time is normally expressed as local time unless 0.0 http://expresscotier.free.fr specifically designated as Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). 0.0 4. The Coast Route, Norge 0.0 Time Zone.—The Time Zone description(s), as well as in- 0.0 http://www.rv17.no formation concerning the use of Daylight Savings Time, are in- 0.0 5. Eurofishsales Europewide Fishing Port Index cluded. The World Time Zone Chart is available on the Inter- 0.0 http://www.eurofishsales.com net at the web site given below. 0.0 6. Haugesund City and Port Guide 0.0 http://www.haugesund.com Standard Time Zone of the World Chart 0.0 7. Haugesund Home Page 0.0 http://www.haugesund.net https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the- 0.0 8. Haugesund (Norway) Regional Home Page world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/physical/pdf/ 0.0 http://www.haugalandet.net standard_time_zones_of_the_world.pdf 0.0 9. Instytut Geografii UMK 0.0 (Marek Szymocha: [email protected]) 0.0 http://www.geo.uni.torun.pl 0.0 U.S. Maritime Advisory System.—The U.S. Maritime Advisory System is a streamlined inter-agency approach to 0.0 10. Karmsund Havnevesen Informerer (Eirik Hustvedt) identifying and promulgating maritime security threats. The 0.0 http://www.karmsund-havn.no system replaces Special Warnings to Mariners (State 0.0 11. Nordic Shipping Agency Homepage Department), MARAD Advisories (Maritime Administration), 0.0 http://www.ndic.no and Marine Safety Information Bulletins (U.S. Coast Guard) 0.0 12. Port Focus Homepage (Ports/Harbors/Marinas and consists of the following items: 0.0 Worldwide) 1. U.S. Maritime Alert—Provides basic information 0.0 http://www.portfocus.com (location, incident, type, date/time) on reported maritime 0.0 13. The Svalbard Pages security threats to U.S. maritime industry interests. U.S. 0.0 (Marek Szymocha: [email protected]) Maritime alerts do not contain policy or recommendations 0.0 http:/www.svalbard.com for specific courses of information.