lateral mark

English

starboard (green) and port (red) lateral marks in New Zealand. In this picture, the vessel will approach the channel from the left of the picture, and leave the channel from the right, passing through the lateral marks

Noun

lateral mark (plural lateral marks)

1. (nautical) A buoy or other navigational mark denoting the port or starboard edge of a channel

Translations

type of sea mark

• Finnish: lateraalimerkki (fi)