AUS 21 - Melville Island Snake Bay

AUS 21 — Melville Island: Snake Bay, NT Nautical Chart

For skippers, fishers and coastal cruisers working Tiwi Islands anchorages

Bring Snake Bay (Melville Island) into crisp, working focus. AUS 21 provides approach and anchorage coverage at 1:37,500, ideal for shaping leads, selecting holding ground and cueing pilotage notes before you commit to the bay.

Why skippers choose this chart

• 🧭 Approach-ready scale — 1:37,500 balances coastal context with practical inshore detail.

• ⚓ Anchorage planning — Clear depiction of bay, headlands and approaches for safe entry.

• 🛰️ UTM projection — Universal Transverse Mercator for clean bearings and GPS plotting.

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

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

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

Coverage

• Chart: AUS 21 — Australia · North Coast · Northern Territory · Melville Island — Snake Bay

• Scale: 1:37,500 · Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator

• Bounds: N 11°15.71′ S · S 11°29.00′ S · E 130°45.50′ E · W 130°35.54′ E

• Publication / Latest Edition: 24-Jan-1992

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 & pilotage planning — Plot approach tracks, tidal gates and contingencies.

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

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

• 🎁 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 in tidal Top End waters—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 Snake Bay with confidence

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