A vessel operating in the Western Atlantic or along the East coast of North America and Central America from Canada to Venezuela, including the Caribbean and Panama, would be located in which NAVAREA?
• NAVAREA boundaries defined by the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS) • Geographic coverage of NAVAREA IV vs NAVAREA X, XI, XIII • Location of the Western Atlantic and Caribbean within the global NAVAREA scheme
• First, mentally locate the Western Atlantic and Caribbean on a world map and think about which global NAVAREA covers the East Coast of North America. • Compare which NAVAREAs are associated with the Atlantic Ocean versus those associated with the Pacific or Indian Oceans. • Ask yourself: which NAVAREA is commonly associated with the United States East Coast and Caribbean Sea for navigational warnings?
• Verify which NAVAREAs (by Roman numeral) are assigned to the Atlantic Ocean regions. • Eliminate any NAVAREAs that are known to cover Pacific or Asian waters, since those cannot apply here. • Check which NAVAREA is specifically listed in tables or charts as covering the East Coast of the U.S., Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.
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