Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00967:reg:1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00967
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1
Character Range: 94071–94979

1                                              Objective/rationale                                     An AtoN is required at Cape Wickham on the northern tip of King Island in the middle of the western entrance to the Bass Strait.
                                                                                                       It provides both a landfall mark to the Strait and a navigation mark for vessels transiting either east / west through it or across it.
                                                                                                       The Strait has complex sea limits and the AtoN assists with positioning within these limits.
                                                                                                       The AtoN also assists in keeping vessels clear of the shoals that lie 2 nautical miles north-east and 5 nautical miles north-west of it.