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 56.100 - Established boundaries of compulsory pilotage waters of Alaska

Current through May 31, 2024
Specific boundaries of the compulsory pilotage waters of
					 Alaska are as follows:
(1) all waters
				  inside a line drawn from Cape Spencer Light due south to a point of
				  intersection which is due west of the southern extremity of Cape Cross; then to
				  Cape Edgecumbe Light; then through Cape Bartolome Light and extended to a point
				  of intersection which is due west of Cape Muzon Light; then due east to Cape
				  Muzon Light; then to a point which is one mile, 180º true, from Cape
				  Chacon Light; then to Barren Island Light; then to Lord Rock Light; then to the
				  southern extremity of Garnet Point, Kanagunut Island; then to the southeastern
				  extremity of Island Point, Sitklan Island; then from the northeastern extremity
				  of Point Mansfield, Sitklan Island, 40º true, to the mainland;
(2) all waters of Prince William Sound and
				  environs inside a line drawn from Cape Puget to Point Elrington; then to Cape
				  Cleare; then Zaikof Point to Cape Hinchinbrook Light; then Point Bentinck to
				  Okalee Spit;
(3) all waters of
				  Resurrection Bay inside a line extending from the southern tip of Aialik Cape
				  to the southern tip of Cape Resurrection;
(4) all waters of Cook Inlet inside a line
				  extending from Cape Douglas to the western tip of Perl Island then northward to
				  the shoreline of the Kenai Peninsula;
(5) all waters of Chiniak Bay inside a line
				  extending from Cape Chiniak to the eastern tip of Long Island then to Spruce
				  Cape;
(6) all waters of Marmot Bay
				  and environs including eastern approaches, inside a line extending from Spruce
				  Cape to the southern tip of Pillar Cape and western approaches, inside a line
				  extending from Cape Nuniliak to the northern tip of Raspberry Island and also
				  inside a line extending from Raspberry Cape to Miners Point;
(7) all waters of Chignik Bay inside a line
				  extending from the eastern tip of Castle Cape to the western tip of Nakchamik
				  Island then to the eastern tip of Cape Kumliun;
(8) all waters of Unalaska Bay inside a line
				  extending from the tip of the west headland of Constantine Bay to Eider
				  Point;
(9) all waters of Port
				  Moller and Herendeen Bay inside a line extending from Lagoon Point to Cape
				  Kutuzof;
(10) all waters of Bristol
				  Bay inside a line extending from Cape Newenham to Cape Pierce, then to Cape
				  Constantine, then to the southern extremity of Egegik Bay;
(11) all waters of Kuskokwim Bay inside a
				  line extending from Cape Newenham to Cape Avinof;
(12) all waters of Norton Sound inside a line
				  extending from the western tip of Stuart Island to Cape Darby, then to Cape
				  Nome;
(13) all waters of Port
				  Clarence inside a line extending from Pt. Spencer Lt. North to the Seward
				  Peninsula shore;
(14) all waters of
				  the Chukchi Sea and Kotzebue Sound inside a line extending from Cape Prince of
				  Wales three miles due west (270º true) to a point approximately 65º
				  38' north latitude, 168º 15' west longitude; then due north (0º true)
				  to a point approximately 66º 27' north latitude, 168º 15' west
				  longitude; then 59º true to a point approximately 66º 45' north
				  latitude, 167º 02' west longitude; then due east (90º true) to a
				  point approximately 12 miles off the coast of Cape Espenberg at the
				  intersection with a line drawn from Cape Espenberg to Cape Krusenstern,
				  approximate position 66º 45' north latitude, 163º 40' west longitude;
				  then to Cape Krusenstern; then to Point Hope;
(15) all waters surrounding the Pribilof
				  Islands of St. Paul and St. George from the shoreline seaward to the outer
				  limit of the three-mile territorial seas;
(16) all waters surrounding the Bering Sea
				  Islands from shoreward to the outer limit of the three-mile territorial seas,
				  including St. Lawrence Island, Nunivak Island, St. Matthew Island, and Little
				  Diomede Island;
(17) all waters
				  encompassing the Aleutian Islands from the shoreline to the outer limit of the
				  three-mile territorial seas, including any and all islands around the Fox
				  Islands, Rat Islands, Near Islands, Andreanof Islands, and the Islands of Four
				  Mountains;
(18) all waters
				  encompassing the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula from Cape Kanatak (Portage
				  Bay) to Cape Pankof to the outer limit of the three-mile territorial seas,
				  including any and all islands around the Shumagin Islands, Semedi Islands,
				  Pavlof Islands, Sutwik Island, Sanak Island, and the Sandman Reefs;
(19) all waters of the north coast of the
				  Alaska Peninsula from Cape Krenzin to the southern extremity of Egegik Bay to
				  the outer limit of the three-mile territorial seas, including Amak Island and
				  Seal Lion Rocks.
Authority:
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