United States Coast Pilot®

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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.

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Coast Pilot 8 - 34th Edition, 2012
covers the panhandle section of Alaska between the south boundary and Cape Spencer.

This publication has been updated through: 12-MAY-13

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Coast Pilot 8

Chapter	Description	Alternate Downloads (Beta)*
Front	Title page, Preface, Graphic Index, and Table of Contents	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 1	General Information	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 2	Navigation Regulations	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 3	Alaska-Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 4	Dixon Entrance to Ketchikan	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 5	Clarence Strait, Dixon Entrance to Wrangell	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 6	West Coast of Prince of Wales Island	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 7	Sumner Strait	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 8	Frederick Sound	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 9	Stephens Passage	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 10	Chatham Strait	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 11	Lynn Canal	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 12	West Coast of Baranof Island	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 13	Salisbury Sound and Peril Strait	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 14	West Coast of Chichagof Island and Yakobi Island	[XML] [HTML]
Chapter 15	Cross Sound and Icy Strait	[XML] [HTML]
Appendix A	Appendix A	[XML] [HTML]
Appendix B	Appendix B	[XML] [HTML]
Weekly Record of Updates	Weekly Record of Updates	[XML] [HTML]
Index	Index
		*Not for Navigation

Updates for 34th Edition, 2012
Date	Download

18-Aug-12	(PDF)
25-Aug-12	(PDF)
21-Oct-12	(PDF)
08-Dec-12	(PDF)
05-Jan-13	(PDF)
02-Feb-13	(PDF)
16-Feb-13	(PDF)
23-Feb-13	(PDF)

Updates for Previous Edition

Corrections for the previous edition will be available for 60 days after the release of the new edition.