 The front cover of a Light List volume. |
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| Purpose: | Provide detailed information on aids to navigation. |
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| Publication Frequency: | Yearly |
| Published by: | United States Coast Guard |
| Available Online: | Yes [1] |
The United States Coast Guard Light List is an American navigation publication in 7 volumes made available yearly by the U.S. Coast Guard which gives information on lighted navigation aids, unlighted buoys, radiobeacons, radio direction finder calibration stations, daybeacons, racons, and LORAN stations. Navigation is the process of reading and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another LORAN ( LO ng R ange A id to N avigation is a terrestrial Radio navigation system using Low frequency Radio transmitters
Each volume of the Light List contains aids to navigation in geographic order from north to south along the Atlantic coast, from east to west along the Gulf coast, and from south to north along the Pacific coast. It lists seacoast aids first, followed by entrance and harbor aids listed from seaward.
Intracoastal Waterway aids are listed last in geographic order in the direction from New Jersey to Florida to the border of Texas and Mexico. The Intracoastal Waterway is a 4800-km (3000-mile Waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
The listings are preceded by a description of the aids to navigation system in the United States, luminous range diagram, geographic range tables, and other information.
Source
The text of this article originated from section 409 of The American Practical Navigator, a document produced by the government of the United States of America. History The most popular navigational text of the late 18th centurywas The New Practical Navigator by John Hamilton Moore. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
See also
Similar publications are published by the U. S. National Geo-Spatial Agency for use by the U. S. military and by the Canadian Coast Guard.
- American Practical Navigator
- Buoy
- Coast Pilots
- List of Lights
- Local Notice to Mariners
- Notice to Mariners
- Sailing Directions
External links
- Chapter 4: Nautical Publications - from the online edition of Nathaniel Bowditch's American Practical Navigator
- Light Lists Online
- U.S. National Geo-spatial Agency (military)
- Canadian Coast Guard
Sailing books
History The most popular navigational text of the late 18th centurywas The New Practical Navigator by John Hamilton Moore. Source The text of this article originated from section 405 of The American Practical Navigator, a document produced by the government of the United States of America United States The United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center publishes a list of lights United States In the United States notices are issued by each U Summary of Corrections A close companion to the Notice to Mariners is the Summary of Corrections. Sailing Directions (Planning Guide Planning Guide volumnes assist the navigator in planning an extensiveoceanic voyage Nathaniel Bowditch ( March 26, 1773 &ndash March 16 1838) was an early American Mathematician remembered for his work on oceanDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic