NOAA S-57 chart cell

Chesapeake Bay

US5BALBE

Usage band
Harbor · code 5
Current edition
2.2
Features
130
S-57 layers
25
Published
May 2, 2024
Manifest updated
Jun 22, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

Coverage

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North
39.22500° N
South
39.15000° N
West
76.35000° W
East
76.27500° W
Center
39.18750° N, 76.31250° W
Bounds area
16 sq nm
Feature density
8.2715 / sq nm

Chart Statistics

20 largest layers shown

Average features per layer
5.2
Smallest layer
1
Largest layer
27
Area sq km
54
Features per sq km
2.41158
  1. SBDARE Seabed area 27
  2. DEPARE Depth area 17
  3. DEPCNT Depth contour 14
  4. BOYLAT Lateral buoy 10
  5. LIGHTS Light 10
  6. DRGARE 9
  7. M_QUAL Data quality 9
  8. SOUNDG Sounding 7
  9. M_NPUB 4
  10. FAIRWY Fairway 3
  11. COALNE Coastline 2
  12. CTNARE Caution area 2
  13. LNDRGN Land region 2
  14. OBSTRN Obstruction 2
  15. SLCONS Shoreline construction 2
  16. C_AGGR 1
  17. DMPGRD 1
  18. LNDARE Land area 1
  19. M_COVR Coverage 1
  20. M_NSYS 1

Nearby Chart Cells

Harbor usage band

  1. Chesapeake Bay - Sevenfoot Knoll US5BALBD - about 3 nm away
  2. Chesapeake Bay - Tavern Creek and Swan Creek US5BALBF - about 3 nm away
  3. Chesapeake Bay US5BALCE - about 5 nm away
  4. Chesapeake Bay - Swan Point Channel US5BALAE - about 5 nm away
  5. Chesapeake Bay - Back River, Hawk Cove, and Middle River US5BALCD - about 6 nm away
  6. Chesapeake Bay - Pooles Island and Fairlee Creek US5BALCF - about 6 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
2.2 May 2, 2024 metadata.json