KOTESHWAR JETTY-2117

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1.General information: Kori Creek (23º 30' N, 68º 20' E), now one of the outlets of the Rann of Kachchh, was once one of the mouths of the Indus River. A shallow bar fronted the entrance to the creek but it can be navigated by local craft as far as Lakhpat, 28 miles within the entrance.
2.Caution: The channel and banks are liable to constant changes.
3.Local knowledge of the area is necessary before closing and entering Kori Creek.
4.Description: Kori Creek is about 5 miles wide at the entrance; it is blocked by several sandbanks except on its E side where a deep-water channel leads, between off-lying sandbanks and the shore, into the creek.
5.Depths: The bar, of which the outer edge is more than 10 miles seaward of the entrance, is about 7 miles across with depths from 0.1 to 3.2 m. Within the bar a channel, reducing from about 2½ miles to 5 cables wide with depths from 5.3 to 18.0 m, leads through the creek for a distance of about 12 miles; thence the width of the channel is reduced, and subsequently divided, by sandbanks.
6.Tidal streams: In the estuary of Kori Creek tidal streams are strong, attaining a rate of 5 kn at springs and 3 kn at neaps. The in-going stream sets up the channel of the creek until about 1½ hour before high water when it sweeps over the sandbanks in the entrance; the in-going stream also sets into the bay N of Kori Creek. The out-going stream sets SW and S. 
7.Landmark:
     Koteshwar Temple (23º 41' N, 68º 32' E);
8.Approach aspect: When a vessel is in depths of more than 5 m off Kori Creek the low land, being about 10 miles distant, is generally not seen save in the clearest weather when low hills will be visible.
9.Useful mark: Stranded wreck (23º 30'.3N, 68º 20'.3E).