Pacific Islands Pilot, Volume 1 |
Contents
Index chartlets facing | 1 |
CHAPTER I | 10 |
Part CNatural Conditions 2756 | 27 |
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Common terms and phrases
14 miles 18 feet 24 feet 30 feet anchor anchorage approach atoll bank barrier reef beacon bearing buoy cables northward cables offshore cables south-eastward cables westward cables wide Cape channel China strait coast coral reef densely wooded depth of 18 eastern entrance point eastward fathoms feet 1m8 feet 3m7 feet 4m6 feet 5m5 feet 7m3 feet 9m1 foul ground fringing reef Gizo half a mile harbour island islet knots lagoon least depth lies mangroves Marovo lagoon mile offshore miles east-south-eastward miles north-north-westward miles north-westward miles northward miles south-eastward miles south-south-westward miles west-north-westward miles westward monsoon north-north-eastward northern end northern entrance point northern extremity northern side Off-lying passage Ponape Port Moresby reef extends river rock Saipan shoal shore situated south-eastern extremity south-western side southern entrance southward steep-to strait Tandjung three-quarters tidal streams tinani trees village ward western end western extremity western side winds