U.S. Coast Pilot: Volume 8 - Alaska, Dixon Entrance, AK to Cape Spencer, AK 2023

2023 (45th Edition). U.S. Coast Pilot: Volume 8 - Alaska, Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer is the eighth of ten parts in a series of nautical books that cover a wide variety of information important to navigators of U.S. coastal and intracoastal waters.

Coast Pilot 8 covers the panhandle section of Alaska between the south boundary and Cape Spencer. In this volume, general ocean coastline is only 250 nautical miles, but tidal shoreline totals 11,085 miles.

Most of this book information cannot be shown graphically on the standard nautical charts and is not readily available elsewhere. The subjects in the Coast Pilot include, but are not limited to, channel descriptions, anchorages, bridge and cable clearances, currents, tide and water levels, prominent features, Pilotage, towage, weather, ice conditions, wharf descriptions, dangers, routes, traffic separation schemes, small-craft facilities, and Federal regulations applicable to navigation. 8½ x 11.

Published by NOAA and distributed by ProStar Publications, Inc. The new Edition normally comes out in June each year.