| NOS |
NIMA |
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IHO |
Foreign NIMA Charts |
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Beacon in general, characteristics unknown or chart scale too small to show |
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Beacon with color, no distinctive topmark |
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Beacons with colors and topmarks (examples) |
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Beacon on submerged rock (topmark as appropriate) |
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| Minor impermanent Marks usually in drying Areas (Lateral Mark of Minor Channel) |
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Stake, pole |
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Perch, stake |
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Withy |
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| Minor Marks, usually on land |
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Cairn |
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Colored or white mark |
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| Beacon Towers |
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Beacon towers without and with topmarks and colors (examples) |
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Lattice beacon |
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