33 CFR § 110.233 - Prince William Sound, Alaska.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s110.233"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 110.233 - Prince William Sound, Alaska."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "110.233"
section_name: "Prince William Sound, Alaska."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ANCHORAGES"
part_number: "110"
part_name: "ANCHORAGE REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 2071; 46 U.S.C. 70006, 70034; 33 CFR 1.05-1; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 67-46, 32 FR 17728, Dec. 12, 1967, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "110"
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# 110.233 Prince William Sound, Alaska.
(a) *The anchorage grounds.* In Prince William Sound, Alaska, beginning at a point at latitude 60°40′00″ N., longitude 146°40′00″ W.; thence south to latitude 60°38′00″ N., longitude 146°40′00″ W.; thence east to latitude 60°38′00″ N., longitude 146°30′00″ W.; thence north to latitude 60°39′00″ N., longitude 146°30′00″ W.; thence northwesterly to the beginning point.
(b) *The regulations.* (1) This anchorage area is for the temporary use of vessels during:
(i) Adverse weather or tidal conditions;
(ii) Vessel equipment failure; or
(iii) Delays at Port Valdez;
(2) No vessel may anchor in this anchorage without notifying the vessel traffic center in Valdez; and
(3) Each vessel anchored shall notify the vessel traffic center in Valdez when it weighs anchor.
[CGD 77-144, 43 FR 21459, May 18, 1978]