| Chart Name: | CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE |
| Scale: | 1:80000 |
| Size: | 36" x 51" |
| Edition #: | 79 |
| Edition Date: | 06/01/07 | (NM 11/22/08) | (LNM 11/18/08) |
| Last Update: | 11/18/08 |
| 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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| NM = Notice to Mariners LNM = Local Notice to Mariners |
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