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4-1-1055
(Ship's) Head
Alternative term:(Ship's) Heading (defined in Chapter 1-2-045)
The horizontal direction in which a ship is pointed, expressed as an angular measure from a reference direction, usually true North.
Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)
