| Chart Name: | Chesapeake Bay Rappahannock River Entrance, Piankatank and Great Wicomico Rivers |
| Scale: | 1:40000 |
| Size: | 36" x 56" |
| Edition #: | 33 |
| Edition Date: | 07/01/11 |
| LNM Notice/Date: | 512 01/31/12 |
| NTM Notice/Date: | 612 02/11/12 |
| LNM: | http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/nm/resultList.asp?Chart=12235 |
| Last Update: | 01/11/12 |
| Description: | The entrance to Rappahannock River is between Stingray Point and Windmill Point, 45.7 miles above the Capes. This is the Mile 0.0 for distances on the Rappahannock. The shores on both sides of the entrance
are wooded; the two lights, off Stingray and Windmill Points, are the most prominent landmarks.
Piankatank River is 11 miles northward of Wolf Trap Light. The entrance is between Cherry Point (37°31.0'N., 76°17.8'W.), at the north end of Gwynn Island,
and Stingray Point, 2.5 miles to the northward. The entrance point is 45.3 miles above the Virginia Capes. Stingray Point Light (37°33'42''N., 76°16'23''W.), 34 feet above the water, is shown from a platform with a green and white diamond-shaped daymark on piles in depths of 6 feet 1.3 miles east of the point.
Great Wicomico River, on the west side of Chesapeake Bay 13 miles northward of Windmill Point Light, is entered between Dameron Marsh and Bull Neck, 1.7 miles to the northward. The principal marks for the entrance are Great Wicomico River Light and the buildings at Fleeton, on Bull Neck.
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| NTM = NGA Notice to Mariners LNM = Local Notice to Mariners |
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BUY NOAA Nautical Chart #12235 - Chesapeake-Bay-Rappahannock-River-Entrance-Piankatank-and-Great-Wicomico-Rivers, Online
