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Para indicar los lados de babor y estribor de la derrota que debe seguirse en un canal, se utilizan las….To show the port and starboard sides of the route to follow in a channel, we use...
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Correct answer: a) Lateral marks
Why it is correct
Lateral marks define the sides of the channel.
IALA World Regions: Region A covers Europe (including Spain), Africa, Oceania and Asia (except Japan, South Korea and the Philippines); when entering from seaward, keep RED (can) marks to PORT and GREEN (cone) marks to STARBOARD. Region B covers the Americas (North, Central and South), Japan, South Korea and the Philippines; lateral colours are reversed (GREEN to port and RED to starboard when entering), while keeping the same shapes (can to port, cone to starboard) and identical cardinal, isolated danger, safe water and special marks.
Why the others are not
- b) Cardinals show safe quadrants.
- c) These mark a specific danger.
- d) These mark areas, not routes.
How to work it out in the exam
- Lateral means of the sides.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2018 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2023 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
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