2016
SD2503 : Liverpool Bay, Port Channel Marker C8 and Formby Point
taken 8 years ago, 4 km W of Hightown, Sefton, England
Liverpool Bay, Port Channel Marker C8 and Formby Point
The shipping route approaching Liverpool follows the Queen's Channel, the Crosby Channel, and the River Mersey. The channels, which are well marked by numbered and lit buoyage, run between tall training banks that channel the scouring effects of the tide to keep the deep water approaches to Liverpool open. There are sandbanks and relatively shallow waters side either of the channel.
C8 is one of the red (port) markers. Its position is shown on navigation charts as (approx. 53º31.45’N, 3º07.07’W +/- 50m). The sand of Taylor's Bank and Formby Point can be seen beyond the channel.
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