Charles and Margo Wood - Charlie\'s Charts North to Alaska

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Recommended route

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Anchorage

Rock or reef underwater

Rocks exposed by tide


Steeprocky edges

Glacier

Lights

Depth contour in fathoms

Depth in fathoms

Sand bottom

Mud bottom

Rock bottom

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Reported anchorage

Dangerous rock or reef

Shoal area exposed by tide


Sandy or pebbly beach

Land areas

Beacons, not necessarily lit


Flood current

Ebb current

Eddies or whirlpools

Rips and/or overfalls

Current velocity in knots

NOTE: All depths are given in fathoms, except where specifically mentioned
in feet. Very approximately, 2 meters = l fathom and,
exactly, 1.8 meters = l fathom
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