IV 5

IV Abbreviations of Principal English Terms

CURRENT	OBSOLESCENT	TERM	REFERENCES	CURRENT	OBSOLESCENT	TERM	REFERENCES
FORM	FORM(S)			FORM	FORM(S)
abt	ab*	About	10 a	Dk	D^k	Dock	IG b
Aero		Aeronautical	IP 60, 61	dm	dm.	Decimetre(s)	IB 42
	Al	Algae	IJ t	Dn, Dns	D^n	Dolphin(s)	IF 20
Al.	Alt	Alternating light	IP 10.11	dr	dr., Dr.	Dries	IK a
ALC		Articulated Loading Column	IL 12	DW		Deep-water, Deep-draught	IM 27, IN 12.4
ALL		Admiralty List of Lights	—	DZ		Danger Zonę	IQ 50
		and Fog Signals
ALRS		Admiralty List of Radio	—
		Signals		E	E.	East	IB 10
Am		Am ber	IP 11.8	ED	(ED), (E.D.)	Existence doubtful	I11
Anch.	Anch^e	Anchorage	10 21	EEZ		Exclusive Economic Zonę	IN 47
	Anet, Anc*	Ancient	I0 84		E.F. Horn	Electric fog horn	IR 13
ANM		Annual Summary of	—	Ent.	Entce, Ent^ce	Entrance	IO 16
		Admiralty Notices to			Eguin^1	Equinoctial	—
		Mariners		Est,	Estv	Estuary	IO 17
Annly	Anrfy	Annual ly	—		Estab*	Establishment	—
Appr.	Apprs, Appr^s	Approaches	I0 22		ev.	Every	—
approx	Approx	Approximate	I0 89	exper	experl, Exper'	Experimental	IO 92
Arch.	Archo, Arch^0	Archipelago	IG 5	explos	explos.	Explosive	IR 10
ASD	Astr, Astrl, Astr^1	Admiralty Sailing Directions	—	(exting)	(exting^d)	Extinguished	IP 55
		Astronomical	—
ATT		Admiralty Tide Tables	—
Aus		Australia	—	f		Fine	IJ 30
Ave	Ar/^3	Avenue	IG 111	F		Fixed light	IP 10.1
				FAD		Fish Aggregating Device	—
				F Racon		Fixed frequency radar
B.		Bay	I0 4			transponder beacon	IS 3.4
B	bl, blk	Black	IJ af, IQ 2	FFL		Fixed and flashing light	IP 10.10
	Ba	Basalt	IJ i	Fj.	Fd, F^d	Fjord	IO 5
	Batt, Baty, Baty	Battery	IE 34.3		(fishS)	Fishing light	IP 50
Bk.	B^k	Bank	I0 23	FI	fl.	Flashing light	IP 10.4
bk	brk	Broken	IJ 33		FI., fl	Flood	—
Bldg	B^ld9	Building	ID 5	Fla		Flarę stack (at sea)	IL 11
	BM, B.M.	Bench Mark	IB 23		Fm, F^m	Farm	IG 53
Bn, Bns		Beacon(s)	IM 1-2, IP 4-5,	fm, fms	fm fms	Fathom, fathoms	IB 48
			10 80-81	Fog Det Lt		Fog detector light	IP 62
Bn Tr	Bn Tower	Beacon Tower	IP 3, IQ 110		Fog Sig.	Fog signal station	IR 1
	Bo	Boulders	IJ e		FogW/T	Radio fog signal	—
Boi	Boli.	Bollard	IF a, IG 181		Fr, for	Foraminifera	IJ u
Br		Breakers	IK 17	FS	F.S.	Flagstaff, Flagpole	IE 27
	br	Brown	IJ ak		Ft, F*	Fort	IE 34.2
Bu	Bl, BI., b	Blue	IJ ag, IP 11.4, IQ a	ft	f*	Foot, feet	IB 47, IP 13
				G	g	Gravel	IJ 6
C.		Cape	IG 7	G	gn	Green	IJ ah, IP 11.3,
c		Coarse	IJ 32				IQ 2
ca	cal	Calcareous	IJ 38	G.		Gulf	IO 3
CALM		Catenary Anchor Leg	IL 16		ga, glac	Glacial	IJ ac
		Mooring			Gc	Glauconite	IJ p
Cas	Cas.	Castle	IE 34.2, IG 64		Gd, grd	Ground	IJ a
	Cath, Cath.	Cathedral	IE 10.1, IG 75		Gl, gl	Globigerina	IJv
Cb		Cobbles	IJ 8		Govt Ho, Gov* Ho	Government House	—
'cd		Candela	IB 54	Gp.		Group (of islands)	—
CD		Chart Datum	IH 1		GpFI, Gp.FI.	Group-flashing light	IP 10.4
	Cemy, Cemv	Cemetery	IE 19		GpOcc, Gp.Occ.	Group-occulting light	IP 10.2
CG	C.G	Coastguard station	IT 10-11	grt		Gross Registered Tons	—
Ch	Ch.	Church, chapel	IE 10.1, IE 11		Gt, Grt, G*, Gr*	Great	—
	ch, choc	Chocolate	IJ al		G.T.S.	Great Trigonometrical	—
Chan.		Channel	1014			Survey Station (India)
Chem		Chemical	IL 40		Gy, gy	Grey	IJ an, IQ a
	chk, Ck	Chalk	Uf
Chy cm Co const cov Cr. Cup Cy	ChV cin, Cn cm. crl Col conspic constn, constr^ncov. Cup. cl	Chimney Cinders Centimetre(s) Coral Column, pillar, obelisk Conspicuous Construction Covers Creek Cupola Clay	IE 22 IJ n IB 43 IJ 10, IK 16 IE 24, IG 66 IE 2 IF 32 IK b IO 7 IE 10.4 IJ 3	h H h HAT Hd. Hn. Ho (hor) Hosp Hr.	H, H. h., H. H^d H^n (hor^1) Hospl, Hosp^1H^r	Hard Headway Helicopter transfer (Pilots) Hour Highest Astronomical Tide Headland Haven House Horizontally disposed Hospital Harbour	IJ 39 ID 20, ID 26-27 IT 1.4 IB 49 IH 3 IG 8 IG 139 IG 61 IP 15 IF 62.2 IG 138
					Hr, H*	Higher	—
decrg dest	(D) d decrS destd, Dest^d	Doubtful Dark Decreasing Destroyed	IJ ao IB 64 IO 93	Hr Mr HW	Ht, H* H.W. H.W.F. & C.	Harbour Master Height High Water High Water Fuli and Change High Water Ordinary Springs	IF 60 IH a
Det DG, DG Rangę	D. G. Rangę	(see Fog Det Lt) Degaussing Rangę	IN 25,IQ 54		H.W.O.S.		—
	Di, di	Diatoms	IJ w
Dia		Diaphone	IR 11	I.	lt	Island, islet	IG 1-2
Dir	Dir^n	Direction	—	IAOA		International Association of	IQ 130
Dir	Dir Lt	Directional light	IP 30-31			Lighthouse Authorities
Discol	Discol^d	Discoloured water	IK d	IHO		International Hydrographic	—
discont	discontd, discont^d	Discontinued	IO b			Organization
dist	Dist	Distant	IO 85	(illum)	Illum., (lit)	llluminated	IP 63

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