coast pilot

coast pilot

[′kōst ‚pī·lət]
(navigation)
A book serving as an adjunct to nautical charts, containing important information which cannot be shown conveniently on the charts, and not readily available elsewhere; prepared by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for coastal waters of continental United States, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico; and by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office for foreign waters. Also known as sailing directions.
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Coast Guard Light List and Local Notices to Mariners; National Ocean Survey Tide Tables, Tidal Current Tables, and United States Coast Pilot, and nautical charts of the ports and their approaches.
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