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RANGE LIGHTS [2 records]

Record 1 2022-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling and Illumination (Water Transp.)
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

Two lights associated to form a range (a line formed by the extension of a line connecting two charted points) which often, but not necessarily, indicates the channel centerline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport par eau)
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Señales e iluminación (Transporte por agua)
  • Ayuda a la navegación marítima y fluvial
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Record 2 2001-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
DEF

Group of color-coded boundary lights provided to indicate the direction and limits of a preferred landing path normally on an aerodrome without runways but exceptionally on an aerodrome with runways.

Key term(s)
  • range light

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)
Key term(s)
  • feu d'alignement

Spanish

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