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United States Coast Pilot (volume 1 through 9)

Metadata Updated: March 13, 2024

The United States Coast Pilot is a series of 9 nautical books that cover a wide variety of information important to navigators of U.S. coastal and intercoastal waters, and the waters of the Great Lakes. Most of this information cannot be shown graphically on the standard nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. The subjects of the Coast Pilot include, but are not limited to, channel descriptions, anchorages, bridge and cable clearances, currents, tide and water levels, prominent features, pilotage, towage, weather, ice conditions, wharf descriptions, dangers, routes, traffic separation schemes, small-craft facilities and federal regulations applicable to navigations.

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License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date February 29, 2024
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2024
Reference Date(s) 1796 (publication)
Frequency Of Update continual

Metadata Source

Harvested from NOS OCS

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date February 29, 2024
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2024
Reference Date(s) 1796 (publication)
Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39970
Access Constraints Cite As: Office of Coast Survey, [Date of Access]: United States Coast Pilot (volume 1 through 9) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39970., Access Constraints: The newest edition automatically cancels out any previous version of a book. Amendments to the Coast Pilot are availabel online at http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm, and through the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Notices to Mariner. An up-to-date Coast Pilot, as defined by law, includes the book and all amendments cut and pasted into the appropriate sections., Use Constraints: The Coast Pilot supplements the navigational information shown on charts. Mariners and others are urged to report promptly to the National Ocean Service errors, omissions, or any conditions found to differ from or to be additional to those published in the Coast Pilot or shown on the charts in order that they may be fully investigated and proper corrections made., Distribution Liability: The newest edition of a Coast Pilot automatically cancels out previous versions of the Coast Pilot. Weekly updates to the Coast Pilot are available at http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/cpdownload.htm, and through the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Notices to Mariners. To legally meet carriage requirements a Coast Pilot must contain the amendments cut and pasted into the appropriate sections.
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Coupled Resource
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Harvest Source Title NOS OCS
Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
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Progress underDevelopment
Spatial Data Service Type
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Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 1796

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