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– 3140 meters east of the axis of the east Channel at Hm. 140.
Lat. 31º 20’.80 N

Long. 32º 25’.80 E
– 4000 meters East of the axis of the East Channel at Hm. 80 approximately.

Lat. 31º 18’.70 N
Long. 32º 24’.70 E
B - Port Said approach channels:

(1) Buoyage:
(1)
The Port Said west approach channel extends from the Port of Port Said till Hm. 80 where

(2)
it joins the east approach channel.
The Port Said east approach Channel extends from the land boundary, east of Port Said, till

Hm. 230.
The two channels are marked, on each side, by light buoys of 5 meters height (except from

Hm. 230 till Hm. 83 east channel, the height of the buoys is 10 meters). The light is Red
on the eastern side and Green on the western side.

The buoys are as follows:
a) East approach channel:
(1)
The East approach channel is buoyed as follows:
– In the West: Green Day mark: Cone point up. FL. Gr. Lights.
– In the East: Red, Day mark: Can FL. R. Lights.

The 2 buoys indicating the northern end of the channel, at Hm. 230, are Isophase (2
sec. ON, 2 sec. OFF), and distance between them is 745 meters.

b) Junction of East and West approach channels:
Two buoys mark the junction of the east and west approach channels. They are placed
at Hm. 83 and Hm. 105 as follows:

1 - Buoy at Hm. 83: Yellow and Black in Color, is fitted with N-Cardinal 2 Cones
point up day mark and shows by night Q. FL. Y.

2 - Buoy at Hm. 105: Yellow in Color, is fitted with a Yellow ST. Andrews Cross
day mark and shows by night FL. Y.

c) West approach channel:

The buoyage of the west approach channel of Port Said harbor is as follows:

1 ) See Drawings Part II.
2 ) Height of the buoy at Hm. 80 Green is 10 meters.

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