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NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

US5AK79M - ALAID AND NIZKI ISLANDS

INDEX:
AUTHORITIES
AIDS TO NAVIGATION
NOTE A
NOTE B
CAUTION - LIMITATIONS
CAUTION - TEMPORARY CHANGES
RADAR REFLECTORS
WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER
POLLUTION REPORTS
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
COLREGS, 80.1705(See note A)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
TIDAL INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION AREA


NOTES:
AUTHORITIES 
Hydrography and topography by the National
Ocean Service, Coast Survey.


AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Consult U.S. Coast Guard Light List for
supplemental information concerning aids to
navigation.  


NOTE A
Navigation regulations are published in
Chapter 2, U.S. Coast Pilot 9. Additions or
revisions to Chapter 2 are published in the
Notice to Mariners.  Information concerning
the regulations may be obtained at the Office
of the Commander, 17th Coast Guard District
in Juneau, Alaska, or at the Office of the District
Engineer, Corps of Engineers in Anchorage,
Alaska.
Refer to charted Regulations section numbers. 


NOTE B
It has been reported that the northern 150 yards of the
point in the vicinity of  52°43'45"N/174°03'50"E has eroded
away. Mariners are urged to use caution when navigating.

	

CAUTION - LIMITATIONS
Limitations on the use of radio signals as
aids to marine navigation can be found in the
U.S. Coast Guard Light Lists and National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Publication 117.
Radio direction-finder bearings to commercial
broadcasting stations are subject to error and
should be used with caution.


CAUTION - TEMPORARY CHANGES
Temporary changes or defects in aids to
navigation are not indicated. See
Local Notice to Mariners.


RADAR REFLECTORS
Radar reflectors have been placed on many
floating aids to navigation. Individual radar
reflector identification on these aids has been
omitted from this chart.


WARNING - PRUDENT MARINER 
The prudent mariner will not rely solely on
any single aid to navigation, particularly on
floating aids. See U.S. Coast Guard Light List
and U.S. Coast Pilot for details.


POLLUTION REPORTS
Report all spills of oil and hazardous substances to the
National Response Center via 1-800-424-8802 (toll free), or
to the nearest U.S. Coast Guard facility if telephone com-
munication is impossible (33 CFR 153).


SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION 
Consult U.S. Coast Pilot 9 for important
supplemental information.


COLREGS, 80.1705(See note A)
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972.
The entire area of this chart falls seaward of the COLREGS Demarcation Line.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information can be obtained at www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov.


TIDAL INFORMATION
For tidal information see the NOS Tide Table publication or go to http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov.


ADMINISTRATION AREA
This area covers land, internal waters, and territorial sea. The territorial sea
is a maritime zone over which the United States exercises sovereignty extending to the airspace as well as to its bed and subsoil. For more
information, please refer to the Coast Pilot.


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