Chart Navigation & Plotting · Danger Bearings
A danger bearing is used to:
- AFix the vessel's exact position
- BDetermine compass deviation
- CMeasure the height of tide
- DKeep the vessel clear of a charted hazard by staying on the safe side of a drawn bearing line✓ Correct
Explanation
A danger bearing is a single LOP drawn from a charted object so that, as long as the bearing of the object stays on the safe side of that line, the vessel remains clear of the hazard. It is labeled NMT (not more than) or NLT (not less than) the safe bearing.
Authority: Bowditch, Pub. No. 9 (danger bearing)
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