NOAA S-57 chart cell

Chesapeake Bay and Elk River

US5BALFI

Usage band
Harbor · code 5
Current edition
2.2
Features
211
S-57 layers
36
Published
Jul 24, 2024
Manifest updated
Jun 22, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

Coverage

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North
39.52500° N
South
39.45000° N
West
76.05000° W
East
75.97500° W
Center
39.48750° N, 76.01250° W
Bounds area
16 sq nm
Feature density
13.483 / sq nm

Chart Statistics

20 largest layers shown

Average features per layer
5.9
Smallest layer
1
Largest layer
28
Area sq km
54
Features per sq km
3.93101
  1. DEPARE Depth area 28
  2. DEPCNT Depth contour 25
  3. SLCONS Shoreline construction 21
  4. COALNE Coastline 15
  5. LNDRGN Land region 14
  6. SBDARE Seabed area 14
  7. BUISGL 11
  8. CTNARE Caution area 8
  9. LIGHTS Light 5
  10. LNDARE Land area 5
  11. RIVERS River 5
  12. WEDKLP 5
  13. WRECKS Wreck 5
  14. M_NPUB 4
  15. M_QUAL Data quality 4
  16. SOUNDG Sounding 4
  17. BOYLAT Lateral buoy 3
  18. DRGARE 3
  19. LAKARE 3
  20. OBSTRN Obstruction 3

Nearby Chart Cells

Harbor usage band

  1. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal US5BALFJ - about 3 nm away
  2. Chesapeake Bay - Spesutie Island to Susquehanna River Channel US5BALFH - about 3 nm away
  3. Chesapeake Bay - Grove Point to Turkey Point US5BALEI - about 5 nm away
  4. Chesapeake Bay - North East River US5BALGI - about 5 nm away
  5. North East River US5BALGJ - about 6 nm away
  6. Chesapeake Bay - Susquehanna River - Havre de Grace US5BALGH - 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 Jul 24, 2024 metadata.json