Sailing Directions - Enroute

12 miles anchor anchorage anchorage area approach Bandar Bandar Abbas bank beacon Berth best seen breakwater cargo Caution cliffs close coastal reef conspicuous coral depths of less dredged entrance point extremity fringed Gulf Gulf of Aden Gulf of Oman Gulf of Suez harbor hills inlet island islet Isola Jabal Jazirat Jazireh-ye Jetty Khawr Khawr Fakkan knots least depth lies Lighted Buoy located low and sandy marked Marsa maximum draft miles E miles SSE miles SW mountains patch peak pier pilot boards Port Control Port Safaga Raas radar range Ras Abu Ras-e reef extending reported rises ro-ro rock rocky sand Sawakin seaward Shatt al Arab Shib shoal shore Sitrah stands steep-to Strait of Hormuz Suez SW of Ras SW side tankers tidal currents tower vessels VHF channel 16 vicinity village winds World Port Index