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improving this chart to the Chief, Marine Chart Division (N/CS2), National Ocean
Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3282.

CAUTION

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COAST SURVEY

WEST INDIES
PUERTO RICO

PUERTO YABUCOA

Mercator Projection
Scale 1:10,000

North American Datum of 1983
(World Geodetic System 1984)

SOUNDINGS IN FEET
AT MEAN LOWER LOW WATER

ABBREVIATIONS — (For complete lst of Symbo's and Abbreviations, see Chart No. 1.)
Aids to Navigation (lights are white unless otherwise indicated)

G green Mo morse code

1Q interrupted quick N nun

B black Iso isophaso ‘OBSC obscured

Bn beacon LT HO lighthouse Oc cccutting

C can M nautical milo Or orange

DIA diaphone m minutes Q quick

F fixed MICRO TR microwave tower Fred

FI flashing Mar marker

AERO aeronautical
AA altornating Rot rotating
seconds

SEC sector

W white
R Bn radiobeacon Yellow
Bottom characteristics:
Bids boulders
bk broken
cy clay

Co coral oy gray ys oysters 50 soft
G gravel h hard Pk rock Sh shells
Grs grass M mud S sand sy sticky
Miscellaneous:
AUTH authorized Obstn obstruction PD position doubitul
ED existence doubttul PA postion approximate ‘Rep reported

21, Wreck, rock, obstruction, or shoal swept clear to the depth indicated.
(2) Rocks that cover and uncover, with heights in feet above datum of soundings.

AUTHORITIES

Hydrography and topography by the National Ocean Service, Coast
Survey, with additional data from the Corps of Engineers, and U.S.
Coast Guard.

Additional information can be obtained at nauticalcharts.noaa.gov.

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R TR radio tower

St M statute miles
VQ very quick

Ra Ref radar reflector WHIS whistie

NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS

The NOAA Weather Radio station listed
below provides continuous weather broadcasts
The reception range is typically 20 to 40
nautical miles from the antenna site, but cen be
as much as 100 nautical miles for stations at
high elevations.
San Juan, PR

WXJ-69 162.400 MHz

NOTE A

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information concerning the
of the Commander,
Florida, or at the Offi
the District Engineer of Engineers in Jacksonville,

jon numbers.

‘SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Consult U.S. Coast Pilot § for important
supplemental information.

CAUTION
Temporary changes or defects in aids to
navigation are not indicated on this chart. See
Local Notice to Mariners.
Improved channels shown by broken lines
are subject to shoaling, particularly at the edges.

AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Consult U.S, Coast Guard Light List for
supplemental information concerning aids to
navigation,

RADAR REFLECTORS.

Radar reflectors have been placed on many
floating aids to navigation. Individual radar
reflector identification on these aids has been
‘omitted from this chart.

HEIGHTS
Heights in feet above Mean High Water.

POLLUTION REPORTS
Report all spills of oll and hazardous substances to the
National Response Center via 1-800-424-8802 (toll free), or
to the nearest U.S. Coast Guard facility if telephone com-
munication is impossible (33 CFR 153)

COLREGS, 80,738 (se
International Regulations for Preventing C
The entire area of this chart falls seaward o

RNING

The prudent mariner will not rely solely
to navigation, particularly on floating ai
Guard Light List and U.S.

Poor'e
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SOURCE DIAGRAM
The outlined areas represent the limits of the most recent hydrographic
survey information that has been evaluated for charting. Surveys have been
banded in this diagram by date and type of survey. Channels maintained
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are periodically resurveyed and are
not shown on this diagram. Refer to Chapter 1, United States Coast Pilot

SOURCE

B2 1970-1989 NOSSurveys _ partial bottom coverage

1940-1969 NOS Surveys
1900-1939 NOS Surveys

Pre-1900 NOS Surveys

partial bottom coverage
partial bottom coverage
partial bottom coverage

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HORIZONTAL DATUM

The horizontal reference datum of this chart
is North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83), which
for charting purposes is considered equivalent
to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84).
Geographic positions referred to the Puerto Rico
Datum must be corrected an average of 7.149"

southward and 1.414" eastward to agree with
this chart

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SCALE 1:10,000
Nautical Miles

CARIBE

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Yards

To find SPEED, place one point of dividers on distance run

400 600
LOGARITHMIC SPEED SCALE
5 6 7 8 9 10 20

any unit) and the other on minutes run. Without changing divider spread, place
right point on 60 and left point wil then indicate speed in units per hour. Example: with 4.0 nautical miles run in 15 minutes, the speed is 16.0 knots

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2566 { Corrected through LNM Jun. 22/04

Mariners (LNM)

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Published at Washington, D.C.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
COAST SURVEY

SOUNDINGS IN FEET

SOUNDINGS IN FEET - SCALE 1:10,000

Puerto Yabucoa

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NSN 7642014012073

NGA REFERENCE No. 25XHA25661