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NAUTICAL CHART SYMBOLS AND A BBREVIATIONS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SINCLAIR WEEKS, SECRETARY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY H . ARNOLD KARO, DIRECTOR COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SHIP EXPLOR ER APRIL 1956 CHART NO. 1 GENERAL REMARKS Chart No. 1 contains the standard symbols and abbreviations which have been approved for use on nautical charts published by the United States of America. Symbols and abbreviations shown on Chart No . 1 apply to the regular nautical charts and may differ on certain reproductions and special charts. Terms, symbols and abbreviations are numbered in accordance with a standard form approved by a Resolution of the Sixth International Hydrographic Conference, 1952. Verticalfigures indicate those items where the symbol and abbreviation are in accordance with the Resolutions of the International Hydrographic Conferences, or for which Resolutions do not yet exist. Slantingfigures indicate those items where the symbol and/or abbreviation differ from the Resolu- tions of the Conferences . Verticalfigu.r es in parentheses indicate that the items are in addition to those shown on the approved standard form. Colors are optional for characterizing various features and areas on the charts. Lettering styles and capitalization as used on Chart No. 1 are not always rigidly adhered to on the charts. Longitudes are referred to the Meridian of Greenwich. Scales are computed on the middle latitude of each chart, or on the middle la