Regulations last checked for updates: May 06, 2025

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Apr 29, 2025
§ 162.1 - General.

Geographic coordinates expressed in terms of latitude or longitude, or both, are not intended for plotting on maps or charts whose referenced horizontal datum is the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83), unless such geographic coordinates are expressly labeled NAD 83. Geographic coordinates without the NAD 83 reference may be plotted on maps or charts referenced to NAD 83 only after application of the appropriate corrections that are published on the particular map or chart being used.

[CGD 86-082, 52 FR 33811, Sept. 8, 1987]
authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3
source: CGD 75-082, 42 FR 51759, Sept. 29, 1977, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 162.1