NOAA S-57 chart cell

Chesapeake Bay

US5BALCE

Usage band
Harbor · code 5
Current edition
1.1
Features
148
S-57 layers
28
Published
Jan 6, 2025
Manifest updated
Jun 22, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

Coverage

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North
39.30000° N
South
39.22500° N
West
76.35000° W
East
76.27500° W
Center
39.26250° N, 76.31250° W
Bounds area
16 sq nm
Feature density
9.4268 / sq nm

Chart Statistics

20 largest layers shown

Average features per layer
5.3
Smallest layer
1
Largest layer
27
Area sq km
54
Features per sq km
2.74843
  1. DEPCNT Depth contour 27
  2. DEPARE Depth area 26
  3. SBDARE Seabed area 26
  4. OBSTRN Obstruction 10
  5. LIGHTS Light 9
  6. BOYLAT Lateral buoy 8
  7. M_QUAL Data quality 7
  8. SOUNDG Sounding 5
  9. CTNARE Caution area 4
  10. LNDRGN Land region 3
  11. BOYSPP Special purpose buoy 2
  12. COALNE Coastline 2
  13. LNDARE Land area 2
  14. RESARE 2
  15. SEAARE Sea area 2
  16. BCNLAT Lateral beacon 1
  17. BCNSPP Special purpose beacon 1
  18. DAYMAR 1
  19. DRGARE 1
  20. FAIRWY Fairway 1

Nearby Chart Cells

Harbor usage band

  1. Chesapeake Bay - Back River, Hawk Cove, and Middle River US5BALCD - about 3 nm away
  2. Chesapeake Bay - Pooles Island and Fairlee Creek US5BALCF - about 3 nm away
  3. Gunpowder River US5BALDE - about 5 nm away
  4. Chesapeake Bay US5BALBE - about 5 nm away
  5. Chesapeake Bay - Bush River US5BALDF - about 6 nm away
  6. Chesapeake Bay - Middle River and Gunpowder River US5BALDD - 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
1.1 Jan 6, 2025 metadata.json