nautical maps
Sailor's navigation guides
Nautical maps are charts showing water depths, coastlines, navigational hazards, and aids to navigation like buoys and lighthouses.
Mariners use them to plot safe courses: The captain consulted the nautical map before entering the harbor.
The more common term is nautical charts or simply charts.
- portolan chartsMedieval coastal navigation maps
- sea chartMarine navigation map
- chart datumTidal elevation reference point
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
compass · magnetic north · hydrography · course · Mercator projection · longitude · bearing · legend · scale · chart · contour lines · Vasco da Gama · chronometer · fathom · ocean currents · celestial navigation · mariner · atlas
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- nautical artseascape, sailing ships, sailing ship, clipper ship, naval battle
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- nautical printsseascapes, harbor views, sailing ships, naval battles, sea battles
- ocean mapsmarine charts, navigation charts, sea charts, tide charts, bathymetry
domain of navigation
nautical mapsroad maps
Printed route diagrams
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