Abbot Point pilotage area
The Abbot Point pilotage area is the area of
(a) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn
- starting at the high water mark on the eastern shoreline of the mainland at longitude 147º 59.07' east
- then due north to latitude 19º 47.91' south, longitude 147º 59.07' east
- then due east to latitude 19º 47.91' south, longitude 148º 08.07' east
- then in a south-easterly direction to the high water mark on the northern extremity of Gloucester Head on Gloucester Island
- then in a southerly direction by the high water mark along the western shoreline of Gloucester Island to the southern extremity of the island
- then across to the high water mark on the northern extremity of Cape Gloucester on the mainland
- then by the high water mark along the shoreline of the mainland to the intersection of the high water mark and the northern edge of the wharf at Bowen (20º 01.05' south, 148º 14.91' east)
- then 123º(T) by a straight line to the port entrance beacon to Bowen Boat Harbour (20º 01.34' south, 148º 15.39' east)
- then 106º(T) by a straight line to the high water mark on the southern extremity of Dalrymple Point
- then along the shoreline of the mainland at the high water mark returning to the starting point; and
(b) the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters in paragraph (a).
Abbot Point pilotage/compulsory pilotage area chartlet (PDF, 353 KB).
Last reviewed: 08 February 2012
