| Chart Name: | Narragansett Bay, Including Newport Harbor |
| Scale: | 1:20000 |
| Size: | 36" x 54" |
| Edition #: | 41 |
| Edition Date: | 06/01/09 |
| LNM Notice/Date: | 512 01/31/12 |
| NTM Notice/Date: | 612 02/11/12 |
| LNM: | http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/nm/resultList.asp?Chart=13223 |
| Last Update: | 02/06/12 |
| Description: | Newport Harbor, on the western shore of Rhode Island and the eastern side of East Passage, 3.5 miles above Beavertail Light, is an important harbor of refuge for coasters, tows, and yachts. Its approach is well marked by navigational aids, and the harbor is of easy access day and night. A State regulatory buoy in the entrance to the inner harbor marks a “5 mph no wake” zone. Goat Island, 0.6 mile long in a north-south direction, is a major pleasure boating center and divides Newport Harbor into an outer and inner harbor. The outer harbor, on the western side of Goat Island, is northward of The Dumplings and southward of Gould Island. The inner harbor is on the eastern side of Goat Island and extends along the western front of Newport.
Narragansett Bay, opening into the north side of Rhode Island Sound 17 miles westward of Buzzards Bay entrance, is the approach to the cities of Newport, Providence, Fall River, and Taunton, as well as numerous towns and villages. Rhode Island, the largest island in the bay, forms the eastern shore of the bay proper. The entrance is between Brenton Point, the southwestern part of Rhode Island, on the east, and Point Judith Neck on the west. The bay is about 18 miles long from the entrance to the mouth of Providence River. Navigation
of the bay is easy during day or night in clear weather as it is marked by navigational aids. The large Conanicut Island and Prudence Island, and several smaller islands, divide the bay into two passages. Sakonnet River, although not a part of Narragansett Bay, is included with it in the following discussion. |
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| NTM = NGA Notice to Mariners LNM = Local Notice to Mariners |
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BUY NOAA Nautical Chart #13223 - Narragansett-Bay-Including-Newport-Harbor, Online
