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Hugli River Entrance (W Bengal-India)

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Hugli River Entrance (W Bengal-India)

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Localisation

Mer du Nord
Ten degrees channel (India)
Bay of Bengal
East Coast of India
Hugli (Hooghly) River (NE India)
Hugli River Entrance (W Bengal-India)
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Characteristics

Canal

Description

Eastern Channel Light Vessel, which is frequently moved, marks the entrance of Eastern Channel, the main fairway leading to the Hugli River. Eastern Channel is available for use both by day and night and leads into Gaspar Channel, which in turn leads into Sagar Roads.

Caution is necessary, as several dangerous wrecks, best seen on chart, have been reported in the immediate vicinity of Eastern
Channel Light Vessel.

Western Channel leads into Beaumont’s Gut and then into Sagar Roads. Western Channel Station Buoy, conical, black and white stripes, with black framework topmark, is moored 19 miles S of the S end of Eastern Sea Reef.
2012/04/28
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Flying distances - Direct line

Sagar road (Hugli river-India)

4.5nm
113°
Sagar Roads, the navigable entrance at the mouth of the Hugli River, lies about 2 miles W of the SW extremity of Sagar Island.

The navigable entrance channel leading to Sagar Roads is subject to change in position and direction to accompany the change in depths, which occur ...
28 Apr 12
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Haldia port (W Bengal-NE India)

22nm
21°
Haldia is a city and a major seaport and industrial belt located approximately 50 kilometres southwest of Calcutta near the mouth of the Hooghly River, one of the distributaries of the Ganges. It is in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Haldia is being developed as a major trade ...
30 Apr 12
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Subarnareka River (N Orissa-NE India)

31nm
256°
Subarnarekha River (also called Swarnarekha River) flows through the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.
As per tradition, gold was mined near the origin of the river at a village named Piska near Ranchi. This is why it was named Subarnarekha, meaning ‘streak ...
26 Apr 12
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Panchpara River (N Orissa-NE India)

46nm
257°
The Panchpara River discharges into the sea about 4.5 miles NE of the entrance of the Burhabalang River. The river is navigable only by small native craft capable of crossing the bar.
26 Apr 12
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Baleshwar (or Balasore) (N Orissa-NE India)

53nm
257°
Baleshwar lies on the S bank of the Burhabalang River, about 16 miles above its mouth. This town was formerly a port of some importance, but in recent years there has been no seaborne trade.

Cargo is transported by barges from the anchorage in Baleshwar Road.
It is best ...
26 Apr 12
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Calcutta port (W Nengal-NE India)

57nm
22°
The Port of Calcutta (Kolkata) is a riverine port in the city of Kolkata, India. It is the oldest operating port in India, having originally been constructed by the British East India Company.The port of Calcutta extends from Budge Budge, about 21 miles above Hugli Point, to Konnagar, ...
30 Apr 12
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