AUS 301 — Booby Island to Archer River, QLD Nautical Chart
For skippers, fishers, and coastal cruisers transiting western Cape York & the Gulf entrance
Plot confident passages from Booby Island at the Torres Strait gateway down the western Cape York coast to the Archer River. AUS 301 delivers wide-area planning coverage at 1:300,000 on a Mercator projection—ideal for shaping offshore routes, timing tide gates, and cueing landfall bearings along this remote coastline.
Why skippers choose this chart
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🧭 Made for passage planning — Main sheet at 1:300,000 for big-picture routing and coastal context.
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🪨 Shoal & headland awareness — Helpful for reading banks, reefs and conspicuous points for fixes.
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🗺️ Mercator projection — Clean rhumb-line plotting for bearings and GPS cross-checks.
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📍 Exact bounds — All four limits listed for quick position checks (see below).
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🗺️ Deck-ready materials — Writeable laminate front face for chart-correction pencils.
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🇦🇺 Printed in Australia — Colour-managed, hand-checked.
Coverage
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Main Chart — AUS 301: Australia North Coast · Queensland · Booby Island to Archer River
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Scale: 1:300,000 · Projection: Mercator
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Bounds: N 10°33.91′ S · S 13°38.70′ S · E 142°28.08′ E · W 140°29.30′ E
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Publication: 30-Apr-1990 · Latest Edition: 25-Oct-2024
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Premium materials & finishes
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Paper (120 gsm matte) — Crisp, flexible and chart-table friendly; ideal under nav-station glass.
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Laminated (soft-matte front / gloss back, edge-sealed) — Front side is low-glare and writeable with chart-correcting/grease pencils; gloss back adds rigidity. Wipes clean with a soft cloth.
Note: We’ve intentionally configured the laminate with a soft-matte writeable face and a gloss reverse so you can annotate pilotage notes, fixes and ETAs directly on the chart, then clean down between passages.
On-board & ashore use
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🧭 Passage planning — Pre-plot offshore tracks, tide windows and contingencies.
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📒 Crew briefings — At-a-glance layout for pilotage notes and waypoint checks.
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🛠️ Bridge/club display — Durable laminated option for noticeboards and training rooms.
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🎁 Gift for skippers — A practical, good-looking chart for local and transiting crews.
Specifications
| Field | Detail |
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| Chart Number | AUS 301 |
| Title | Australia North Coast — Queensland — Booby Island to Archer River |
| Geographic Location | Australia |
| Scale (main) | 1:300,000 |
| Projection | Mercator |
| North / South Limits | 10°33.91′ S / 13°38.70′ S |
| East / West Limits | 142°28.08′ E / 140°29.30′ E |
| Publication Date | 30-Apr-1990 |
| Latest Edition | 25-Oct-2024 |
| Sheet Size | 770 mm (W) × 1100 mm (H) |
| Available Finishes | Paper (120 gsm matte); Laminated (soft-matte writeable front, gloss back, edge-sealed) |
| Inks | Pigment-based, fade-resistant |
| Origin | Printed in Australia |
Important note (mariner’s guidance)
This product is ideal for planning, briefing, education, and display. For underway navigation, always carry and consult the latest official hydrographic chart or approved ECDIS and current Notices to Mariners. Local conditions and aids may change.
Ready to run the western Cape York coast?
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