anchorages
Where vessels moor
Anchorages are places where ships can anchor, especially sheltered areas of water with suitable depth and bottom conditions for holding an anchor securely.
The term extends to the means of anchoring or the charge for anchoring in a harbor.
Figuratively, anchorages are sources of security or stability: She found her anchorages in family and faith. (Capitalized Anchorage is Alaska's largest city.)
Ship berths or device jacks
- berthsDocking spaces or bunks
- mooringsShip fastening points
- marinasHarbors with docking facilities
- docksShip mooring structures
wharves · piers · quays · jetties · basins · slips · bays · coves
Protected places of rest
- refugesProtected places of safety
- sanctuariesProtected places of refuge
- strongholdsFortified places of strength
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
supports · stabilizers · moorings · footholds · grounding · security · stability · safe harbors
ports
Ship berths or device jacks
docks · wharves · piers · quays · jetties · basins · slips · bays · coves · inlets
havens
Protected places of rest
- refugesProtected places of safety
- sanctuariesProtected places of refuge
- strongholdsFortified places of strength
foundations · supports · stabilizers · moorings · footholds · grounding · security · stability · safe harbors · retreats
bollards
Short protective posts
buoys · ropes · cables · winches · capstans · fenders · shackles · swivels · rode · scope
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
- marine navigationnautical charts, marine charts, buoys, compass, markers
- nautical navigationnautical charts, navigation charts, marine charts, shipping routes, sea charts
- naval facilitiesnaval base, naval bases, naval station, naval stations, naval docks
- port facilitiesdocks, piers, wharves, quays, jetties
- safe harboursharbors, ports, marinas, natural harbors, sheltered waters
anchoragesopen sea
Waters beyond coastlines
open water · open ocean · high seas · deep water · lee shore