PUB. 163 SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) ★ BORNEO, JAWA, SULAWESI, AND NUSA TENGGARA ★ Prepared and published by the NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Bethesda, Maryland © COPYRIGHT 2005 BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C. 2005 NINTH 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. 163, Sailing Directions (Enroute) for Borneo, Jawa, Sula- for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track, wesi, and Nusa Tenggara, Ninth Edition, 2005, is issued for use in and navigate so that the designated course is continuously conjunction with Pub. 120, Sailing Directions (Planning Guide) being made good. Pacific Ocean and Southest Asia. The companion volumes are 0.0 Currents.—Current directions are the true directions toward Pubs. 161, 162, and 164. which currents set. 0.0 Dangers.—As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but 0.0 This publication has been corrected to 22 January 2005, inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part, including Notice to Mariners No. 4 of 2005. omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal Explanatory Remarks passage or fairway are described. 0.0 Distances.—Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1 0.0 Sailing Directions are published by the National Geospatial- minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department in meters, or tenths of miles. of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and 0.0 Geographic Names.—Geographic names are generally pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. 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This publication is divided into geographic areas status of an area by the United States Government. called “Sectors.” 0.0 Heights.—Heights are referred to the plane of reference 0.0 Bearings.—Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters. from 000˚ (north) to 360˚, measured clockwise. General 0.0 Index-Gazetteer.—Navigational features and place-names bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com- are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi- pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended (e.g. 1.1), facilitate location in the text. degrees are used. 0.0 Internet Links.—This publication provides internet links to 0.0 Coastal Features.—It is assumed that the majority of ships web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ- have radar. 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Vessels following the directives must allow 0.0http://bookstore.gpo.gov Pub. 163 III 0.0 Soundings.—Soundings are referred to the datum of the Reference List charts and are expressed in meters. 0.0 Special Warnings.—A Special Warning may be in force for 0.0 The principal sources examined in the preparation of this the geographic area covered by this publication. Special publication were: Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon 0.0 British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions: promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners 0.0 Various port handbooks. No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is 0.0 Reports from United States Naval and merchant vessels and printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad- various shipping companies. cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation. 0.0 Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu- Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Division ments. website. 0.0 Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu- ments in possession of the Agency. 0.0NGA Maritime Division Website (Special Warnings) http://164.214.12.145/warn/warn_j_query.html 0.0 Internet Web Site, as follows: 0.0 0.0 Wind Directions.—Wind directions are the true directions 0.0 Sabah Ports Authority from which winds blow. 0.0 http://www.infosabah.com.my/spa IV Pub. 163 Contents How to Keep this Book Corrected . II Preface. III Chartlet—Sector Limits . VII Conversion Tables. VIII Sailing Directions Information and Suggestion Sheet . VIII Abbreviations . XI Sector 1 Borneo—Northwest Coast And Kepulauan Tudjuh . 1 Sector 2 Bangka, Belitung, and Kepulauan Karimata . 27 Sector 3 Jawa—North Coast and Madura . 63 Sector 4 Jawa—South Coast and Selat Sunda . 95 Sector 5 Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, and Adjacent Straits . 115 Sector 6 Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Islands) . 143 Sector 7 Sulawesi—West and North Coasts . 179 Sector 8 Sulawesi—South and East Coasts . 201 Sector 9 Borneo—South and East Coasts . 235 Sector 10 Borneo—Northeast Coast . 273 Sector 11 Borneo—Northwest Coast . 307 Glossaries . 353 Index—Gazetteer . 359 Pub. V Pub.163 0.0SECTOR LIMITS — PUB. 163 VII 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 16.15 16.46 16.76 17.07 17.37 17.68 17.98 60 18.29 18.59 18.90 19.20 19.51 19.81 20.12 20.42 20.73 21.03 70 21.34 21.64 21.95 22.25 22.55 22.86 23.16 23.47 23.77 24.08 80 24.38 24.69 24.99 25.30 25.60 25.91 26.21 26.52 26.82 27.13 90 27.43 27.74 28.04 28.35 28.65 28.96 29.26 29.57 29.87 30.17 Fathoms to Meters Fathoms 0123456789 0 0.00 1.83 3.66 5.49 7.32 9.14 10.97 12.80 14.63 16.46 10 18.29 20.12 21.95 23.77 25.60 27.43 29.26 31.09 32.92 34.75 20 36.58 38.40 40.23 42.06 43.89 45.72 47.55 49.38 51.21 53.03 30 54.86 56.69 58.52 60.35 62.18 64.01 65.84 67.67 69.49 71.32 40 73.15 74.98 76.81 78.64 80.47 82.30 84.12 85.95 87.78 89.61 50 91.44 93.27 95.10 96.93 98.75 100.58 102.41 104.24 106.07 107.90 60 109.73 111.56 113.39 115.21 117.04 118.87 120.70 122.53 124.36 126.19 70 128.02 129.85 131.67