AUS 18 - Port Essington

AUS 18 — Port Essington, NT Nautical Chart

For skippers, bar-crossers and coastal cruisers on the Top End

Bring Port Essington into crisp, working focus. AUS 18 provides approach and harbour coverage at 1:75,000—ideal for shaping leads, planning anchorage options, and cueing pilotage notes before you commit to the entrance.

Why skippers choose this chart

• 🧭 Approach-ready scale — 1:75,000 balances coastal context with practical inshore detail.

• ⚓ Anchorage planning — Clear bay and harbour depiction for selecting holding ground and lee.

• 🗺️ Mercator projection — Straight rhumb-line plotting for traditional and electronic cross-checks.

• 📍 Exact bounds listed — Quick position verification with North/South/East/West limits.

• 🗺️ Deck-ready materials — Soft-matte, writeable laminate face for chart-correction pencils.

• 🇦🇺 Printed in Australia — Colour-managed output, hand-checked.

Coverage

• Chart: AUS 18 — Australia · North Coast · Northern Territory · Port Essington

• Scale: 1:75,000 · Projection: Mercator

• Bounds: N 10°59.42′ S · S 11°26.00′ S · E 132°18.28′ E · W 131°57.00′ E

• Publication: 03-Nov-1995 · Latest Edition: 03-Nov-2015

Premium materials & finishes

• Paper (120 gsm matte) — Clear, lightweight and flexible on the chart table; perfect under glass in the nav station.

• Laminated (soft-matte front / gloss back, edge-sealed) — Front face is low-glare and writeable with chart-correcting/grease pencils; gloss back adds rigidity. Wipes clean with a soft cloth.

Skipper’s note: The soft-matte face is specified so you can mark fixes, ETAs and pilotage cues, then clean down between passages.

On-board & ashore use

• 🧭 Passage planning — Shape approach waypoints and contingencies prior to arrival.

• 📒 Crew briefings — At-a-glance harbour layout for roles, calls and nav references.

• 🛠️ Ranger base/club display — Durable laminated option for noticeboards and training rooms.

• 🎁 Practical gift — A dependable working chart for local and visiting skippers.

Specifications

Important note (mariner’s guidance)

Ideal for planning, briefing, education and display. For navigation underway—especially near bars and entrances—always use the latest official hydrographic chart or approved ECDIS together with current Notices to Mariners and local guidance. Conditions and aids can change.

Line up for Port Essington with confidence

Choose your finish above and add to cart — locally printed, hand-checked and shipped with care.