| Chart Name: | POTOMAC RIVER-CHESAPEAKE BAY |
| Scale: | 1:40000 |
| Size: | 36" x 52" |
| Edition #: | 37 |
| Edition Date: | 01/01/07 | (NM 11/22/08) | (LNM 11/18/08) |
| Last Update: | 10/30/08 |
| Description: | Potomac River flows into the west side of Chesapeake Bay 68.4 miles above the Virginia Capes. The west bank of the river, generally, is the boundary between
Virginia on the west and Maryland on the east, and at the head of tidewater on the east bank is the city of Washington, D. C., the Nation’s Capital.
Piney Point (38°08.1'N., 76°31.8'W.) is at Mile 15.9N. An abandoned lighthouse tower and a former Coast Guard station are on the point. The former Coast Guard wharf and the small private landings east of Piney Point have depths of about 5 feet at their outer ends. Gasoline and some supplies are available at a dock about 1 mile northeast of the point. |
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| NM = Notice to Mariners LNM = Local Notice to Mariners |
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