Feature Type

Feature Type Name

Anchorage

Synonyms

Definition

An area in which vessels anchor or may anchor.

Comments

Table Name

ANCHORAGE

Australia's Implementation Table Names

  • ANCHORAGE_PT

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica Feature Class

3 - Coves and harbours - Any kind of coastal indentations, usually large and/or deep

The following have been used in the definition of this feature type

  • S-57 IHO Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data, Appendix A (IHO Object Catalogue) Edition 3.1 (Nov. 2000), sited July 25th 2002.

The following have been used in categorising this feature type

  • Nautical
Code Name Definition   Data type Values UoM Used by these Feature Types
1008 Anchorage_Type   Mandatory character(50)
label Definition
Deep water anchorage an area in which vessels of deep draught anchor or may anchor
Other
Small craft anchorage an area in which yachts and small boats anchor or may anchor
Unknown
Unrestricted anchorage an area in which vessels anchor or may anchor. (IHO Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 130)
  Types
1042 Dataset_Id An unique identifier of the dataset the feature belongs to Mandatory number(4)     Types
1130 Notes   Optional character(100)     Types
1150 Q_Info An unique identifier pointing to additional data quality information not included in the metadata record. Mandatory number(5)     Types