NOAA S-57 chart cell

Chesapeake Bay - Hampton Roads to Poquoson River

US4VA1BE

Usage band
Approach · code 4
Current edition
1.6
Features
1,995
S-57 layers
46
Published
May 27, 2026
Manifest updated
Jun 22, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

Coverage

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North
37.20000° N
South
36.90000° N
West
76.50000° W
East
76.20000° W
Center
37.05000° N, 76.35000° W
Bounds area
259 sq nm
Feature density
7.7046 / sq nm

Chart Statistics

20 largest layers shown

Average features per layer
43.4
Smallest layer
1
Largest layer
499
Area sq km
888
Features per sq km
2.2463
  1. COALNE Coastline 499
  2. SLCONS Shoreline construction 488
  3. DEPCNT Depth contour 135
  4. DEPARE Depth area 131
  5. LNDRGN Land region 110
  6. LNDARE Land area 75
  7. RIVERS River 58
  8. SEAARE Sea area 51
  9. DAYMAR 47
  10. BCNLAT Lateral beacon 46
  11. LIGHTS Light 42
  12. M_QUAL Data quality 38
  13. OBSTRN Obstruction 30
  14. BRIDGE 27
  15. LNDMRK 23
  16. BUAARE 18
  17. CTNARE Caution area 18
  18. PILPNT 17
  19. BOYLAT Lateral buoy 16
  20. SOUNDG Sounding 15

Nearby Chart Cells

Approach usage band

  1. Chesapeake Bay Entrance US4VA1BF - about 14 nm away
  2. Elizabeth River to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Great Dismal Swamp Canal US4VA1AE - about 18 nm away
  3. Chesapeake Bay - Mobjack Bay and York River US4VA1CE - about 18 nm away
  4. Chesapeake Bay - Cape Charles to Silver Beach US4VA1CF - about 23 nm away
  5. North Atlantic Ocean and Back Bay US4VA1AF - about 23 nm away
  6. Approaches to Chesapeake Bay US4VA1BG - about 29 nm away

Current Edition Files

The NOAA ZIP archive is the upstream source for this chart cell; the other files are Open Ships generated derivatives for web and GIS use.

Editions

Edition Published Metadata
1.6 May 27, 2026 metadata.json