The Bay of Bengal Pilot |
Common terms and phrases
10-fathom line Admiralty chart Admiralty plan adopted in India Akyab anchorage Bay of Bengal beacon bearing N.W. Bengal Pilot Bimlipatam boats Buckingham canal buoy black Buoyage adopted cable casuarina clumps channel coast colour conspicuous danger signal Dindi house distant 3 miles doidw Eastern Grove lighthouse eastward Elephant point obelisk Ennore entering from seaward entrance False Point Divi fathoms feet at low feet high flagstaff full and change Greenwich mean high water hoisted horizontal stripes Hydrographic Notice island Kistna Kottapatam least depth Light List light-vessel lighthouse bears low and sandy Madras Masulipatam Mergui mort Narsapur point Negapatam Nellore Nizampatam Pennar river point obelisk bearing point Pudi port hand buoys Pulicat lake Ramiapatam Rangoon sand hills shore Singarayakonda southern southward Spit starboard hand buoys storm is expected surmounted System of Buoyage Tides trees Uniform System vessels warning or danger white in horizontal zond