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What is the
2 datum in the nautical chart?
A chart datum is the water level surface serving as origin of depths displayed on a nautical chart.
The chart datum is the level of water that charted depths displayed on nautical charts are measured from.
A chart datum is generally derived from some tidal phase.
Common chart datums are lowest astronomical tide and mean lower low water.
The chart datum is generally a tidal datum; that is, a datum derived from some phase of the tide.
In non-tidal areas, e.g. the Baltic Sea, mean sea level is used.
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How do you
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read a chart datum?
In non-drying Heights for example a lighthouse.
Are always measured above mean high-water Springs not chart datum as an added safety margin.
The height of tide is always measured above chart datum.
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What is above
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Heights and depths from Chart Datum
– for charted depths where the seabed is below Chart Datum;
– and Drying Heights were the seabed is above Chart Datum but that covers at Mean High Water Springs
(MHWS).
If you know the height of tide at a given time and location this will be the height above Chart Datum.
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What is meant
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Highest Astronomical Tide is the elevation of the highest predicted astronomical tide expected to occur at a
specific tide station over the National Tidal Datum.
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What is drying
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On a nautical chart, the drying height is the vertical distance of the seabed that is exposed by the tide,
above the sea water level at the lowest astronomical tide.
On admiralty charts a drying height is distinguished from a depth by being underlined.
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What chart
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PD - Position Doubtful.
ED - Existence Doubtful.
Rep - Reported.
SD - Sounding Doubtful.
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