Section 12 Abbot Point pilotage area

The Abbot Point pilotage area is the area of—

(a) waters bounded by an imaginary line drawn—

• starting at the high-water mark on the eastern shoreline of the mainland at longitude 147° 59.070' east

• then north to latitude 19° 47.909' south, longitude 147° 59.070' east

• then east to latitude 19° 47.909' south, longitude 148° 08.070' east

• then in a south-easterly direction to the high-water mark at the northern tip of Gloucester Head on Gloucester Island

• then in a southerly direction by the high-water mark along the western shoreline of Gloucester Island to the southern tip of the island

• then to the high-water mark on the northern tip of Cape Gloucester on the mainland

• then by the high-water mark along the shoreline of the mainland to the intersection of the high-water mark and the northern edge of the wharf at Bowen (latitude 20° 01.049' south, longitude 148° 14.910' east)

• then 123° (T) by a straight line to the port entrance beacon to Bowen Boat Harbour (latitude 20° 01.339' south, longitude 148° 15.390' east)

• then 106° (T) by a straight line to the high-water mark at the southern tip of Dalrymple Point

• then along the shoreline of the mainland at the high-water mark to the starting point; and

(b) the navigable waters of rivers and creeks flowing, directly or indirectly, into the waters mentioned in paragraph (a).