[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR175.105]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 175--EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart C--Visual Distress Signals
 
Sec. 175.105  Definitions.

    (a) Visual distress signal means a device that is approved by the 
Commandant under 46 CFR Part 160 or certified by the manufacturer under 
46 CFR Parts 160 and 161.
    (b) Coastal waters means:
    (1) The U.S. waters of the Great Lakes (Lake Erie, Huron, Michigan, 
Ontario, and Superior);
    (2) The territorial seas of the United States; and
    (3) Those waters directly connected to the Great Lakes and 
territorial seas (i.e., bays, sounds, harbors, rivers, inlets, etc.) 
where any entrance exceeds 2 nautical miles between opposite shorelines 
to the first point where the largest distance between shorelines narrows 
to 2 miles, as shown on the current edition of the appropriate National 
Ocean Service chart used for navigation. Shorelines of islands or points 
of land present within a waterway are considered when determining

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the distance between opposite shorelines.

[CGD 76-183, 44 FR 73024, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-073, 49 FR 
7119, Feb. 27, 1984; 49 FR 20815, May 17, 1984]