| Chart Name: | Chesapeake Bay Entrance |
| Scale: | 1:80000 |
| Size: | 36" x 51" |
| Edition #: | 81 |
| Edition Date: | 04/01/11 |
| LNM Notice/Date: | 512 01/31/12 |
| NTM Notice/Date: | 612 02/11/12 |
| LNM: | http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/nm/resultList.asp?Chart=12221 |
| Last Update: | 02/02/12 |
| Description: | Chesapeake Bay, the largest inland body of water along the Atlantic coast of the United States, is 168 miles long with a greatest width of 23 miles. The bay is the approach to Norfolk, Newport News, Baltimore, and many lesser ports. Deep-draft vessels use the Atlantic
entrance, which is about 10 miles wide between Fishermans Island on the north and Cape Henry on the south. Medium-draft vessels can enter from Delaware Bay on the north via Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and light-draft vessels can enter from Albemarle Sound on the south via the Intracoastal Waterway. |
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| NTM = NGA Notice to Mariners LNM = Local Notice to Mariners |
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BUY NOAA Nautical Chart #12221 - Chesapeake-Bay-Entrance, Online
