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Buoys, Beacons

Supplementary National Symbols


  NOS    National Ocean Service (US)
  NIMA    National Imagery and Mapping Agency (US)
  IHO    International Hydrographic Organization

NOS NIMA
Foreign NIMA Charts
click for larger image Bell buoy
click for larger image Gong buoy
click for larger image Whistle buoy
click for larger image Fairway buoy (RWVS)
click for larger image Midchannel buoy (RWVS)
click for larger image Starboard-hand buoy (entering from seaward, US waters)
click for larger image Port-hand buoy (entering from seaward, US Waters)
click for larger image Bifurcation, Junction, Isolated danger, Wreck and Obstruction buoys
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Fish trap (area) buoy
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Anchorage buoy (marks limits)
click for larger image Black
click for larger image Triangular-shaped beacons
click for larger image Beacon, color unknown

click for larger image Mooring buoy with telegraphic communications

click for larger image Mooring buoy with telephonic communications
click for larger image Lighted beacon click for larger image