Buoy
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Buoy by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Buoy
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 20 Oct 2010
This buoy has stood here for many years, there is another within a stone's throw. This particular buoy is a West Cardinal Buoy. The following information is from the Trinity House Website Used in conjunction with the compass to indicate the direction from the mark in which the deepest navigable water lies, to draw attention to a bend, junction or fork in a channel, or to mark the end of a shoal. The mariner will be safe if they pass North of a North mark, South of a South mark, East of an East mark and West of a West mark. Cardinal Marks are also used for permanent wreck marking whereby North, East, South and West Cardinal buoys are placed around the wreck. In the case of a new wreck, any one of the Cardinal buoys may be duplicated and fixed with a Radar Beacon (RACON).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.486415
Longitude
1.757697