NOTICE TO MARINERS

(No 8 of 2006)

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SCOTLAND
WEST COAST
SOUND OF SLEAT

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KYLE RHEA
(A3938)

 

Northern Lighthouse Board

Edinburgh, 7 March 2006

 

Latitude:   57° 14.225' North WGS 84 Datum

Longitude: 005° 39.929' West WGS 84 Datum

         

 

With reference to NOTICE TO MARINERS NO 1 OF 2006 (DATED 6 JANUARY 2006), notice is given that, on or about 17 MARCH 2006, the temporary light will be discontinued and a permanent light will be re-established with the under noted characteristics:-

Character:	Flashing White/Red/Green every 3 seconds (as before)
Sectors:	Red Sector shore – 219 ° (as before) White Sector 219 ° – 228 ° (009 °) (as before) Green Sector 228 ° – 338° (110 °) (as before) White Sector 338 ° – 346 ° (008 °) (as before) Red Sector 346 ° – shore (as before)
Elevation:	7 metres (as before)
Nominal Ranges	8 Miles White 5 Miles Red 5 Miles Green
Description of structure:	White Beacon (height 7 metres) (as before)

Mariners are further advised that, on or about 25 MARCH 2006, the partly obscured tower will be RETURNED TO ITS FORMER APPEARANCE AS A WHITE PAINTED TOWER.