Service buoy

8-4-035

A buoy located at a designated geographical position to serve as a navigation mark.

Note 1:

The term new buoy refers to a buoy placed at a newly designated geographical position.

Note 2:

The term clean buoy refers to a buoy in good condition that is used as a replacement.

Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)

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