
The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) Chart 4842 is an official, high-precision marine navigation chart designed for commercial shipping fleets, deep-sea vessels, and regional fishing operators navigating the southern coast of Newfoundland. Published at a balanced intermediate scale of 1:60,000, this authoritative nautical asset provides critical "ground-truth" coastal data required for safe passage planning, deep-water transit, and approach routing from Cape Pine westward to Cape St. Mary's along the southern shore of the Avalon Peninsula.
Comprehensive Coastal Transit Mapping: Delivers continuous, high-resolution charting along a rugged, high-traffic sector of the Avalon Peninsula, providing essential imagery for ships transiting near St. Mary's Bay and treacherous headlands.
Official Bathymetric & Seafloor Data: Packed with precise depth soundings, shifting seafloor contour transitions, low-tide marine benchmarks, and localized hazard indicators essential for managing safe draft clearance and secure anchoring.
Essential Aids to Navigation: Explicitly details all official maritime buoys, powerful coastal light stations, range indicators, daybeacons, and prominent shoreline topography to guarantee high-visibility situational awareness during heavy Atlantic fog or night transits.
Premium Multi-Light Legibility: Printed with vibrant, high-contrast marine inks specifically engineered to maintain absolute clarity under direct pilot house sunlight or dim red-light night-deck setups.
Legal Vessel Compliance: Fully satisfies international SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) carriage regulations and Canada Shipping Act mandates for commercial and recreational vessels requiring official hydrographic documentation.