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SAILING DIRECTIONS

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SOUTH CHINA SEA

AND THE GULF OF THAILAND

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Prepared and published by the

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Bethesda, Maryland

NO COPYRIGHT CLAIMED UNDER TITLE 17 U.S.C.

2008

ELEVENTH EDITION

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Preface

0.0 Pub. 161, Sailing Directions (Enroute) South China Sea and

the Gulf of Thailand, Eleventh Edition, 2008, is issued for use

in conjunction with Pub. 120, Sailing Directions (Planning

Guide) Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. Companion volumes

are Pubs. 162, 163, and 164.

0.0 Digital Nautical Charts 3, 11, and 23 provide electronic chart

coverage for the area covered by this publication.

0.0 This publication has been corrected to 26 July 2008, includ-

ing Notice to Mariners No. 30 of 2008.

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Courses.— Courses are true, and are expressed in the same

manner as bearings. The directives “steer” and “make good” a

course mean, without exception, to proceed from a point of

origin along a track having the identical meridianal angle as the

designated course. Vessels following the directives must allow

for every influence tending to cause deviation from such track,

and navigate so that the designated course is continuously

being made good.

Currents.— Current directions are the true directions toward

which currents set.

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Explanatory Remarks

Dangers.— As a rule outer dangers are fully described, but

inner dangers which are well-charted are, for the most part,

omitted. Numerous offshore dangers, grouped together, are

mentioned only in general terms. Dangers adjacent to a coastal

passage or fairway are described.

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Intelligence Agency (NGA), under the authority of Department

of Defense Directive 5105.40, dated 12 December 1988, and

pursuant to the authority contained in U. S. Code Title 10,

Sections 2791 and 2792 and Title 44, Section 1336. Sailing

Directions, covering the harbors, coasts, and waters of the

world, provide information that cannot be shown graphically

on nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere.

0.0 Sailing Directions (Enroute) include detailed coastal and

port approach information which supplements the largest scale

chart produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence

Agency. This publication is divided into geographic areas

called “Sectors.”

Distances.— Distances are expressed in nautical miles of 1

minute of latitude. Distances of less than 1 mile are expressed

in meters, or tenths of miles.

Geographic Names.— Geographic names are generally

those used by the nation having sovereignty. Names in paren-

theses following another name are alternate names that may

appear on some charts. In general, alternate names are quoted

only in the principal description of the place. Diacritical marks,

such as accents, cedillas, and circumflexes, which are related to

specific letters in certain foreign languages, are not used in the

interest of typographical simplicity. Geographic names or their

spellings do not necessarily reflect recognition of the political

status of an area by the United States Government.

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Bearings.— Bearings are true, and are expressed in degrees

from 000° (north) to 360°, measured clockwise. General

bearings are expressed by initial letters of points of the com-

pass (e.g. N, NNE, NE, etc.). Adjective and adverb endings

have been discarded. Wherever precise bearings are intended

degrees are used.

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Heights.— Heights are referred to the plane of reference

used for that purpose on the charts and are expressed in meters.

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Coastal Features.— It is assumed that the majority of ships

have radar. Available coastal descriptions and views, useful for

radar and visual piloting are included in geographic sequence

in each Sector.

Index-Gazetteer.— Navigational features and place-names

are listed alphabetically in the back of the book. The approxi-

mate position, along with the Sector and paragraph numbers

(e.g. 1.1 ), facilitate location in the text.

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Corrective Information.— Users should refer corrections,

additions, and comments to NGA’s Maritime Operations Desk,

as follows:

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0.0 2. Commercial: 301-227-3147

0.0 3. DSN: 287-3147

0.0 4. DNC web site: http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/dnc

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Internet Links.— This publication provides internet links to

web sites concerned with maritime navigational safety, includ-

ing but not limited to, Federal government sites, foreign Hy-

drographic Offices, and foreign public/private port facilities.

NGA makes no claims, promises, or guarantees concerning the

accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the web

sites and expressly disclaims any liability for errors and omis-

sions of these web sites.

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sion web site: http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/mari

Light and Fog Signals.— Lights and fog signals are not de-

scribed, and light sectors are not usually defined. The Light

Lists should be consulted for complete information.

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time

0.0 6. E-mail: navsafety@nga.mil

0.0 7. Mailing address: Maritime Division

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Ports.— Directions for entering ports are depicted where

appropriate by means of chartlets, sketches, and photos, which

facilitate positive identification of landmarks and navigational

aids. These chartlets and sketches are not always to scale, how-

ever, and should be used only as a general informational guide

in conjunction with the best scale chart. Specific port facilities

are omitted from the standard format. They are tabulated in

Pub. 150, World Port Index.

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0.0 New editions of Sailing Directions are corrected through the

date of the publication shown above. Important information to

amend material in the publication is available as a Publication

Digital Update (PDU) from the NGA Maritime Division web-

site.

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Radio Navigational Aids.— Radio navigational aids are not

described in detail. Publication No. 117 Radio Navigational

Aids and NOAA Publication, Selected Worldwide Marine

Broadcasts, should be consulted.

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NGA Maritime Division Website

http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/maritime

Soundings.— Soundings are referred to the datum of the

charts and are expressed in meters.

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Special Warnings.— A Special Warning may be in force for

the geographic area covered by this publication. Special

Warnings are printed in the weekly Notice to Mariners upon

promulgation and are reprinted annually in Notice to Mariners

No. 1. A listing of Special Warnings currently in force is

printed in each weekly Notice to Mariners, Section III, Broad-

cast Warnings, along with the notice number of promulgation.

Special Warnings are also available on the Maritime Division

website.

Reference List

The principal sources examined in the preparation of this

publication were:

British Hydrographic Department Sailing Directions:

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People’s Republic of China Sailing Directions.

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Various port handbooks.

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Reports from United States Naval and merchant vessels and

various shipping companies.

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Wind Directions.— Wind directions are the true directions

from which winds blow.

Other U.S. Government publications, reports, and docu-

ments.

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Charts, light lists, tide and current tables, and other docu-

ments in possession of the Agency.

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Contents

How to Keep this Book Corrected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III

Chartlet—Sector Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII

Conversion Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIII

Sailing Directions Information and Suggestion Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX

Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI

Sector 1

The South China Sea—Central Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Sector 2

Coast of China—Dapeng Jiao to Dajin, including Hong Kong and Macau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Sector 3

Coast of China—Dajin to Jiaowei Jiao, Including HainanTao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Sector 4

Coast of Vietnam—The Gulf of Tonkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Sector 5

Vietnam—Central and South Coasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Sector 6

The Gulf of Thailand (Coasts of Cambodia and Thailand) and Malaysia—East Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Glossaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Index—Gazetteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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