[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR62.41]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 62_UNITED STATES AIDS TO NAVIGATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart B_The U.S. Aids to Navigation System

 

Sec. 62.41  Ranges.



    Ranges are aids to navigation systems employing dual beacons which, 

when the structures appear to be in line, assist the mariner in 

maintaining a safe course. The appropriate nautical chart must be 

consulted when using ranges to determine whether the range marks the 

centerline of the navigable channel and also to ascertain what section 

of the range may be safety traversed. Ranges are generally, but not 

always, lighted, and display rectangular daymarks of various colors.



[CGD 86-031, 52 FR 42640, Nov. 6, 1987; CGD 86-031, 52 FR 46351, Dec. 5, 

1987]