33 CFR § 80.520 - Cape Hatteras, NC to Cape Lookout, NC.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s80.520"
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title: "33 CFR § 80.520 - Cape Hatteras, NC to Cape Lookout, NC."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "80.520"
section_name: "Cape Hatteras, NC to Cape Lookout, NC."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION RULES"
part_number: "80"
part_name: "COLREGS DEMARCATION LINES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "14 U.S.C. 102, 503; 33 U.S.C. 151(a)."
regulatory_source: "CGD 77-118a, 42 FR 35784, July 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 FR 28154, May 26, 1981."
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# 80.520 Cape Hatteras, NC to Cape Lookout, NC.

(a) A line drawn from Hatteras Inlet Lookout Tower at latitude 35°11.85′ N., longitude 75°43.9′ W. 255° true to the eastern end of Ocracoke Island.

(b) A line drawn from the westernmost extremity of Ocracoke Island at latitude 35°04.0′ N., longitude 76°00.8′ W. to the northeasternmost extremity of Portsmouth Island at latitude 35°03.7′ N., longitude 76°02.3′ W.

(c) A line drawn across Drum Inlet parallel with the general trend of the highwater shoreline.

[USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39171, July 1, 2013]