CATCOA
- steep coast: a coast backed by rock or earth
cliffs, gives a good radar return and is useful for visual identification from a
considerable distance off, where cliffs alternate with low lying coast along the
shoreline. (IHO Chart Specifications, S-4)
- flat coast: a level coast with no obvious
topographic features.
- sandy shore: a shoreline area made up of sand,
i.e. loose material consisting of small but easily distinguishable, separate grains,
between 0.0625 and 2.000 millimetres in diameter. (adapted from IHO Dictionary, S-32, 5th
Edition, 4497)
- stony shore: a shoreline area made up of rock
and rock fragments ranging in size from pebbles and gravel to boulders or large rock
masses. (adapted from IHO Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 5059)
- shingly shore: a shoreline area made up of
rounded, often flat waterworn rock fragments larger than approximately 16 millimetres.
(adapted from IHO Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 4683)
- glacier, seaward end: projecting seaward
extension of glacier, usually afloat. Also called glacier tongue. (IHO Hydrographic
Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 2043)
- mangrove: one of several genera of tropical
trees or shrubs which produce many prop roots and grow along low lying coasts into shallow
water. (IHO Hydrographic Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 3064)
- marshy shore: a shoreline area made up of
spongy land saturated with water. It may have a shallow covering of water, usually with a
considerable amount of vegetation appearing above the surface. (adapted from IHO
Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 5240)
- coral reef: a reef, often of large extent,
composed chiefly of coral and its derivatives. (IHO Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 1063)
- ice coast: a vertical cliff forming the
seaward edge of an ice shelf, ranging in height from 2m to 50m or more above sea level.
- shelly shore: a shoreline is made up of shells i.e. Made up of the hard outside covering of marine animals.