Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 56 - Board of Marine Pilots › Article 2 - Compulsory Pilotage Waters › 12 AAC 56.120 - Pilot stations or pickup points

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The established
				  pilot stations for the state are as follows:
(1) Guard Island - 1.0 miles 315° true
				  from Guard Island Light; approximate position 55° 27.5' north latitude,
				  131° 53.9' west longitude;
(2)
				  Point McCartey - 1.0 miles 090° true from Point McCartey Light; approximate
				  position 55° 06.8' north latitude, 131° 40.5' west longitude;
(3) Cabras Island - 1.0 miles 315° true
				  from Cabras Island; approximate position 55° 22.0' north latitude, 133°
				  24.8' west longitude;
(4) Sitka
				  Sound - 0.25 miles 000° true from the Eckholms Light; approximate position
				  57° 00.9' north latitude, 135° 21.4' west longitude;
(5) Twin Island - 2.0 miles 045° true
				  from Twin Islands Light; approximate position 55° 10.0' north latitude,
				  131° 10.4' west longitude; this is a seasonal station open only during the
				  period May 1 through September 30;
(6) Petersburg Bar Range - not west of
				  132° 58.0' west longitude; this is a seasonal station open only during the
				  period from June 1 through August 31 for the embarkation and disembarkation of
				  pilots for vessels with valid exemptions under
				  AS
				  08.62.180(b) - (e), and for
				  the purpose of transiting Wrangell Narrows between Petersburg and Point
				  Alexander, as follows:
(A) transit may occur
				  only during
(i) the period 30 minutes before
				  and after slack water at the Port of Petersburg;
(ii) daylight or civil twilight hours;
				  and;
(iii) periods of visibility
				  that allow the Petersburg Bar Range to be viewed visually from Buoy
				  WN;
(B) during transit,
				  a minimum of five-foot underkeel clearance must be maintained between Buoy WN
				  and Buoy 60;
(7) Point
				  Alexander - not north of Point Alexander Light at 56° 30.33' north
				  latitude; this is a seasonal station open only during the period from June 1
				  through August 31 for the embarkation and disembarkation of pilots for vessels
				  with valid exemptions under
				  AS
				  08.62.180(b) - (e) and for
				  the purpose of transiting Wrangell Narrows between Petersburg and Point
				  Alexander;
(8) Yakutat - 1.0 miles
				  315° true from Yakutat Bay Lighted Whistle Buoy 4; approximate position
				  59° 36.3' north latitude, 139° 52.5' west longitude;
(9) Icy Bay - 9.0 miles 180° true from
				  Claybluff Point Light; approximate position 59° 49.0' north latitude,
				  141° 35.0' west longitude;
(10)
				  Cordova - 2.0 miles 180° true from Sheep Point; approximate position
				  60° 35' north latitude, 146° 00' west longitude;
(11) Valdez and Whittier - approximately 3.6
				  miles 246° true from Bligh Reef Buoy; approximate position 60° 49'
				  north latitude, 147° 01' west longitude;
(12) Seward - 1.1 miles 152° true from
				  Caines Head Light; approximate position 59° 58' north latitude, 149°
				  22' west longitude;
(13) Cook Inlet
				  - 1.0 miles 180° true from Lands End Light; approximate position 59°
				  35' north latitude, 151° 25' west longitude;
(14) Kodiak (City) or Womens Bay - 2.0 miles
				  100° true from St. Paul Harbor Entrance Light; approximate position 57°
				  44' north latitude, 152° 22' west longitude;
(15) Discoverer Bay - 2.0 miles 000° true
				  from Posliedni Point; approximate position 58° 28' north latitude, 152°
				  20' west longitude;
(16) Port
				  Wakefield - 1.0 miles 298° true from Kekur Point; approximate position
				  57° 52' north latitude, 152° 49' west longitude;
(17) Port Bailey - 1.5 miles 000° true
				  from Dry Spruce Bay Light; approximate position 57° 59' north latitude,
				  153° 06' west longitude;
(18)
				  Uganik - 2.0 miles 284° true from East Point; approximate position 57°
				  51' north latitude, 153° 32' west longitude;
(19) Larsen Bay - 1.0 miles 090° true
				  from Harvester Island; approximate position 57° 39' north latitude,
				  153° 57' west longitude;
(20)
				  Alitak - 2.4 miles 131° true from Cape Alitak Light; approximate position
				  56° 49' north latitude, 154° 15' west longitude;
(21) Old Harbor - 1.0 miles 082° true
				  from Cape Liakik; approximate position 57° 07' north latitude, 153° 25'
				  west longitude;
(22) Chignik - 1.5
				  miles 020° true from Chignik Spit Light; approximate position 56° 20'
				  north latitude, 158° 22' west longitude;
(23) Sand Point - Squaw Harbor - 2.7 miles
				  235° true from Popof Head; approximate position 55° 13' north latitude,
				  160° 24' west longitude;
(24)
				  King Cove - 1.5 miles 157° true from Morgan Point Light; approximate
				  position 55° 01' north latitude, 162° 19' west longitude;
(25) Cold Bay - 4.3 miles 177° true from
				  Kaslokan Point Light; approximate position 55° 02' north latitude, 162°
				  31' west longitude;
(26) False Pass
				  - 1.5 miles 315° true from Ikatan Point; approximate position 54° 48'
				  north latitude, 163° 13' west longitude;
(27) Akutan - 1.0 miles 073° true from
				  Akutan Point Light; approximate position 54° 09' north latitude, 165°
				  42' west longitude;
(28) Dutch
				  Harbor-Captains Bay - 1.0 miles 060° true from Ulakta Head Light;
				  approximate position 53° 56' north latitude, 166° 29' west
				  longitude;
(29) Adak - 2.0 miles
				  092° true from Gannet Rocks Light; approximate position 51° 52' north
				  latitude, 176° 33' west longitude;
(30) Attu - 1.5 miles 180° true from
				  Murder Point; approximate position 52° 46' north latitude, 173° 11'
				  east longitude;
(31) St. Paul
				  Island - 4.0 miles 263° true from Reef Point; approximate position 57°
				  06' north latitude, 170° 25' west longitude; or - 4.0 miles 043° true
				  from North Point; approximate position 57° 16' north latitude, 170° 13'
				  west longitude;
(32) Port Moller -
				  4.8 miles 048° true from Walrus Island; approximate position 56° 05'
				  north latitude, 160° 43' west longitude;
(33) Port Heiden - 5.0 miles 340° true
				  from [Strongonof] Point; approximate position 56° 58' north latitude,
				  158° 55' west longitude;
(34)
				  Ugashik Bay - 6.2 miles 291° true from Smoky Point Light; approximate
				  position 57° 38' north latitude, 157° 52' west longitude;
(35) Egegik - 7.0 miles 285° true from
				  Red Bluff Light; approximate position 58° 16' north latitude, 157° 42'
				  west longitude;
(36) Naknek - 9.0
				  miles 248° true from Naknek Light; approximate position 58° 39' north
				  latitude, 157° 21' west longitude;
(37) Nushagak Bay - 7.5 miles 240° true
				  from the south tip of Etolin Point; approximate position 58° 33' north
				  latitude, 158° 24' west longitude;
(38) Kulukak Bay - 3.0 miles 180° true
				  from Kulukak Point; approximate position 58° 47' north latitude, 159°
				  39' west longitude;
(39) Togiak -
				  4.1 miles 140° true from Summit Island; approximate position 58° 46'
				  north latitude, 160° 06' west longitude;
(40) Kuskokwim Bay Region
(A) Kuskokwim Bay - 17.4 miles 320° true
				  from Cape Newenham, approximate position 58° 52' north latitude, 162°
				  32' west longitude;
(B) Goodnews
				  Bay - 7.5 miles 228° true from Platinum; approximate position 58° 55'
				  north latitude, 162° 00' west longitude;
(41) Kivalina/Cape Krusenstern - 14.0 miles
				  239° true from the barge loading terminal; approximate position 67° 27'
				  north latitude, 164° 35' west longitude;
(42) Cape Spencer - 3.2 miles 090° true
				  from Cape Spencer Light; approximate position 58° 12' north latitude,
				  136° 32' west longitude; this is a seasonal station open only during the
				  period from May 1 through September 30;
(43) St. George Island - either 3.0 miles
				  000° true from St. George village; approximate position 56° 39' north
				  latitude, 169° 33' west longitude; or - 3.0 miles 210° true from Rush
				  Point; approximate position 56° 33' north latitude, 169° 47' west
				  longitude;
(44) Frederick Sound -
				  3.0 miles 310° true from Cornwallis Point Light; approximate position
				  56° 58' north latitude, 134° 21' west longitude;
(45) Chasina Point - 1.25 miles 013° true
				  from Chasina Point; approximate position 55° 18' north latitude, 132°
				  01' west longitude;
(46) Shoe
				  Island - 2.0 miles 090° true from Shoe Island Light; approximate position
				  54° 57' north latitude, 132° 41' west longitude;
(47) Mellen Rock - 0.6 miles 050° true
				  from Mellen Rock Light; approximate position 55° 02' north latitude,
				  132° 39' west longitude;
(48)
				  Atka/Nazan Bay - 1.1 miles 134° true from Flat Point; approximate position
				  55° 13' north latitude, 174° 06' west longitude;
(49) Tanaga Bay - 2.2 miles 202° true
				  from Cape Agamsik; approximate position 51° 45' north latitude, 178°
				  04' west longitude;
(50) Kiska
				  Harbor - 1.0 mile 270° true from Little Kiska Head; approximate position
				  51° 58.5' north latitude, 177° 36.5' east longitude;
(51) Barrow - 3.0 miles 320° true from
				  the town of Barrow, approximate position 71° 20' north latitude, 156°
				  53' west longitude;
(52) Kotzebue
				  Sound - 11.0 miles 015° true from Cape Espenberg Light; approximate
				  position 66° 44' north latitude, 163° 29' west longitude;
(53) Port Clarence - 2.1 miles 000° true
				  from Point Spencer Light; approximate position 65° 19' north latitude,
				  166° 51' west longitude;
(54)
				  None - 2.6 miles 199° true from the Nome north jetty break wall;
				  approximate position 64° 27' north latitude, 165° 28' west
				  longitude.
(55) Bieli Rocks - 1.0
				  mile 315° true from Bieli Rocks; approximate position 57° 6' north
				  latitude, 135° 31' west longitude.