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United States Coast Pilot®

View of water with lighthouse in foreground and steep cliffs and shoreline in background.

The United States Coast Pilot® consists of a series of nautical books that cover a variety of information important to navigators of coastal and intracoastal waters and the Great Lakes. Issued in nine volumes, they contain supplemental information that is difficult to portray on a nautical chart.

Dates of Latest Coast Pilot Editions

Volume No.	Coast Pilot Title	Edition No.	Year	Next Scheduled Edition
1	Eastport, ME to Cape Cod, MA	42	2012	Apr, 2013
2	Cape Cod, MA to Sandy Hook, NJ	41	2012	Oct, 2012
3	Sandy Hook, NJ to Cape Henry, VA	45	2012	Jan, 2013
4	Cape Henry, VA to Key West, FL	43	2011	Sep, 2012
5	Gulf Coast, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands	39	2011	May, 2012
6	Great Lakes and connecting waterways	42	2012	Feb, 2013
7	California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii and Pacific Islands	44	2012	Dec, 2012
8	Dixon Entrance, AK to Cape Spencer, AK	33	2011	June, 2012
9	Cape Spencer, AK to Beaufort Sea, AK	29	2011	Aug, 2012

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