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Annex C

(normative)

Included Terms

C.1 Entity Types

Accessway

ROAD

Administrative boundary

BOUNDARY

Aeration beds

FILTRATION BEDS

Aerial cableway

CABLEWAY

Aerial cableway lines

CABLEWAY

Aerial cableway pylon

TOWER

Aerodrome

AIRPORT

Aerodrome beacon

BEACON

Aerodrome control tower

TOWER

Aeronautical beacon

BEACON

Aeronautical light

BEACON

Aeronautical navigational radio station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Aeronautical radio beacon

BEACON

Air beacon

BEACON

Air route

LANE

Airdrome

AIRPORT

Airfield

RUNWAY

Airfield revetment

WALL

Airport beacon

BEACON

Airport traffic area

APPROACHWAY

Airport traffic control tower

TOWER

Airstrip

RUNWAY

Alley

ROAD

Alluvial fan

DELTA

Alternate aerodrome

AIRPORT

Alternating light

BEACON

Amphitheater

OUTDOOR THEATER

Amusement park

PARK

Anabranch

WATERCOURSE

Anchor buoy

BUOY

Anchor light

BEACON

Anchorage

HARBOR

Anchorage buoy

BUOY

Animal sanctuary

PARK

Animal sanctuary boundary

BOUNDARY

Anse

INLET

Apartment building

BUILDING

Apartment complex

BUILDING COMPLEX

Approach area

APPROACHWAY

Approach lights

BEACON

Approach path

APPROACHWAY

Approach to highway

ROAD

Apron

PARKING AREA, PLAIN

Aqueduct

WATERCOURSE BRIDGE

Arched iceberg

ICEBERG

Archipelago

SEA, ISLAND CLUSTER

Archipelago apron

PLAIN

Arctic pack

ICE FIELD

Arena

BUILDING

Arete

RIDGE

Arm

INLET

Armistice line

BOUNDARY

Armory

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Army camp

MILITARY BASE

Arroyo

WATERCOURSE

Art gallery

BUILDING

Artificial harbor

HARBOR

Athletic club

BUILDING

Astronomic position

CONTROL POINT

Athletic field

SPORTS FIELD

Atoll

REEF, ISLAND

Atoll reef

REEF

Auditorium

BUILDING

Automobile plant

BUILDING COMPLEX

Auxiliary aerodrome

AIRPORT

Avenue

ROAD

Awash rock

ROCK

Awawa

WATERCOURSE

Back marsh

WETLAND

Backswamp

WETLAND

Bald

CLEARING, MOUNT

Ball

BAR

Ball park

PARK, SPORTS FIELD

Bamboo

WOODLAND

Bandstand

OUTDOOR THEATER

Bank

MOUNT, SHORE

Bank reef

REEF

Bar buoy

BUOY

Bar port

PORT

Bare rock

ROCK

Barn

BUILDING

Barracks

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Barrage

DAM

Barranca

WATERCOURSE

Barrier basin

BASIN

Barrier beach

BAR

Barrier flat

WETLAND, FLAT

Barrier iceberg

ICEBERG

Barrier island

BAR, ISLAND

Barrier lagoon

LAGOON

Barrier reef

REEF

Bascule bridge

BRIDGE

Battery

FORT

Bay

INLET

Bay head bar

BAR

Bay bar

BAR

Bay barrier

BAR

Bay delta

DELTA

Bay ice

ICE FIELD

Baymouth bar

BAR

Bayou

LAKE, WATERCOURSE

Beach berm

BEACH

Beach cusps

RIDGE

Beach face

SHORE

Beach ridge

RIDGE

Beach scarp

CLIFF

Beaver dam

DAM

Beck

WATERCOURSE

Bell buoy

BUOY

Bench

TERRACE

Bench mark

CONTROL POINT

Bend

WATERCOURSE

Bery

MOUNT, ICEBERG

Bicycle path

ROAD

Bicycle trail

ROAD

Bifurcation buoy

BUOY

Bight

INLET

Billboard

SIGN

Bird sanctuary

PARK

Blanket bog

WETLAND

Blast barrier

WALL

Bluff

CLIFF, WOODLAND

Boardwalk

ROAD

Boat basin

HARBOR

Boat harbor

HARBOR

Boat landing

WHARF, PIER, LANDING PLACE

Boathouse

BUILDING

Bog

WETLAND

Bollard

MOORING

Boom

BREAKWATER

Borough

PLACE

Borrow pit

MINE

Botanical garden

PARK

Boulevard

ROAD

Boundary line

BOUNDARY

Boundary lights

BOUNDARY BEACON

Boundary monument

CONTROL POINT

Boundary sign

SIGN

Braided river

WATERCOURSE

Braided stream

WATERCOURSE

Brake

WOODLAND

Branch

WATERCOURSE

Brigalow

WOODLAND

Brine well

WELL

Brook

WATERCOURSE

Brush

WOODLAND

Built up area

PLACE

Bulkhead

BREAKWATER, EMBANKMENT, WALL

Burn

CLEARING

Burnt over area

CLEARING

Bush

WOODLAND

Butte

PLATEAU

Caatinga

WOODLAND

Cable

UTILITY

Cable buoy

BUOY

Cadastral boundary

BOUNDARY

Cadastral monument

CONTROL POINT

Cairn

CONTROL POINT

Caisson

GATE

Caldera

CRATER

Calibration radiobeacon

BEACON

Camber

HARBOR BASIN

Campsite

CAMPGROUND

Can buoy

BUOY

Canal

WATERCOURSE

Canal port

PORT

Cannery

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Canyon

VALLEY

Canyon delta

DELTA

Carline

RAILWAY

Cart track

ROAD

Cascade

WATERFALL

Cask buoy

BUOY

Cataract

RAPIDS

Catch basin

LAKE, TANK

Cathedral

BUILDING

Cattle gate

GATE

Cattle underpass

TUNNEL

Cauldron

BASIN

Causeway

ROAD

Cavern

CAVE

Cay

ISLAND

Cease fire line

BOUNDARY

Ceja

CLIFF

Cement plant

BUILDING COMPLEX

Cerrito

MOUNT

Cerro

MOUNT, RIDGE

Chanaral

WOODLAND

Channel

WATERCOURSE, LANE

Channel buoy

BUOY

Channel light

BEACON

Channel marker

BEACON, BUOY

Chaparral

WOODLAND

Chapeirao

PINNACLE

Chasm

VALLEY

Checkered buoy

BUOY

Chemical plant

BUILDING COMPLEX

Church

BUILDING

Cinder cone

MOUNT

Circular beacon

BEACON

Cistern

TANK

City

PLACE

City hall

BUILDING

City limits

BOUNDARY

City square

PARK

Claim line

BOUNDARY

Cleared area

CLEARING

Clinic

BUILDING

Closed bay

INLET

Closed sea

SEA

Clover leaf interchange

INTERSECTION

Coastal shoreline

SHORELINE

Coast guard station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Coast guard lines

BOUNDARY

Coastal area

COAST

Coastal plain

PLAIN, COAST

Coastline

SHORELINE

Code beacon

BEACON

Col

GAP

College

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Colored light

BEACON

Colregs demarcation line

BOUNDARY

Combination buoy

BUOY

Community

PLACE

Conical buoy

BUOY

Coniferous forest

WOODLAND

Conservation area

RESERVE

Continental glacier

ICE FIELD

Continental ice

ICE FIELD

Continuous radiobeacon

BEACON

Control survey monument

CONTROL POINT

Control tower

TOWER

Controlled access road

ROAD

Controlled aerodrome

AIRPORT

Convent

BUILDING

Cooling tower

TOWER

Copse

WOODLAND

Convention mandate line

BOUNDARY

Coral head

PINNACLE

Coral reef

REEF

Corduroy road

ROAD

Coulee

VALLEY, WATERCOURSE

Course

LANE, WATERCOURSE

Courthouse

BUILDING

Cove

INLET

Covered bridge

BRIDGE

Crag

CLIFF, PINNACLE

Creek

WATERCOURSE

Crematorium

BUILDING

Crest

RIDGE

Crevice

CREVASSE, VALLEY

Crossing

INTERSECTION

Crossing gate

GATE

Cuesta

RIDGE, MOUNT

Cul de sac

ROAD

Cultivated field

CROPLAND

Cultivated area

CROPLAND

Culvert

WATERCOURSE

Cuspate bar

BAR

Cuspate spit

BAR

Custom boundary

BOUNDARY

Cut line

CLEARING

Cut off

WATERCOURSE

Dale

VALLEY

Dan buoy

BUOY

Danger buoy

BUOY

Dangerous wreck

WRECK

Dangerous rock

ROCK

Daybeacon

BEACON

Dead end street

ROAD

Deciduous forest

WOODLAND

Deep

TROUGH

De facto boundary

BOUNDARY

Defile

GAP, VALLEY

Dell

VALLEY

Delta moraine

MORAINE

Demilitarized line

BOUNDARY

Depot

BUILDING

Depression

BASIN, VALLEY

Diagnostic point

CONTROL POINT

Diamond intersection

INTERSECTION

Dike

EMBANKMENT

Directional beacon

BEACON

Directional antenna

ANTENNA

Dish

ANTENNA

Disk

ANTENNA

Dismal

WETLAND

Display sign

SIGN

Disposal area

DUMPING GROUND

Disposal bed

DUMPING GROUND

Distributary

WATERCOURSE

Ditch

WATERCOURSE

Divided highway

ROAD

Dock

BERTH

Dockyard

SHIPYARD

Dolphin

MOORING

Dome

MOUNT

Double track railway

RAILWAY

Down

GRASSLAND

Downland

GRASSLAND

Downs

GRASSLAND

Drain

WATERCOURSE

Drainage basin

CATCHMENT

Draw

WATERCOURSE

Draw bridge

BRIDGE

Dredged channel

LANE, WATERCOURSE

Dredging buoy

BUOY

Drill hall

BUILDING

Drive in theater

OUTDOOR THEATER

Driveway

ROAD

Drowned valley

VALLEY

Drumlin

MOUNT, RIDGE

Dry harbor

HARBOR

Dual highway

ROAD

Dump

DUMPING GROUND

Dump site

DUMPING GROUND

Dyke

EMBANKMENT

Early warning radar site

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Ecological area

RESERVE

Electric power generating station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Electrical tower

TOWER

Electric substation

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Elevated highway

ROAD

Elevation point

CONTROL POINT

End moraine

MORAINE

Engine test cell

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Entrance lock

LOCK

Entrepot

PORT

Equatorial forest

WOODLAND

Equatorial rain forest

WOODLAND

Escarpment

CLIFF

Esker

RIDGE

Estuary

INLET, MOUTH

Everglade

WETLAND

Excavation

MINE

Expressway

ROAD

Factory

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Fairground

EXHIBITION GROUND

Fairway

LANE

Fairway buoy

BUOY

Falls

WATERFALL

Fan

DELTA

Fan delta

DELTA

Fan marker beacon

BEACON

Farm lane

ROAD

Feedlot

STOCKYARD

Fen

WETLAND

Ferry

WHARF, PIER

Ferry crossing

LANE

Ferry site

BERTH, PIER, WHARF

Ferry slip

BERTH

Ferry station

BUILDING

Ferry terminal

PIER, WHARF

Field

CROPLAND, GRASSLAND

Filling station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Filtration plant

BUILDING COMPLEX

Fiord

INLET

Fire line

CLEARING

Fire lookout tower

TOWER

Fire lookout building

BUILDING

Fire road

ROAD

Fire station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Fire tower

TOWER

Firebreak

CLEARING

Firth

INLET

Fish haven

FISHING GROUND

Fish net buoy

BUOY

Fish pound

FISH TRAP

Fish stakes

FISH TRAP, POST

Fish trap area

FISHING GROUND

Fish weir

FISH TRAP

Fishery

FISHING GROUND, FISH HATCHERY

Fishing zone

FISHING GROUND

Fixed and flashing light

BEACON

Fixed and group flashing light

BEACON

Fixed light

BEACON

Fjord

INLET

Flag tower

TOWER

Flame float

BUOY

Flare pipe

CHIMNEY

Flashing light

BEACON

Floating breakwater

BREAKWATER

Floating dock

DRY DOCK

Floating marsh

WETLAND

Floeberg

ICEBERG

Floodgate

GATE

Flume

WATERCOURSE

Fog signal

BEACON

Footbridge

BRIDGE

Foothill

MOUNT

Footpath

ROAD

Forces base

MILITARY BASE

Foredeep

TROUGH

Foreland

PENINSULA

Foreshore

SHORE

Foreshore flats

BEACH

Forest

WOODLAND

Forest/park boundary

BOUNDARY

Forest reserve

RESERVE

Fork

WATERCOURSE

Freeway

ROAD

Fringing reef

REEF

Funeral home

BUILDING

Garage

BUILDING

Garden

CROPLAND

Garigue

WOODLAND

Gas field

OIL FIELD

Gasometer

TANK

Glacial gorge

VALLEY

Glacial moraine

MORAINE

Glacial stream

WATERCOURSE

Glacial trough

VALLEY

Glacier

ICE FIELD

Glacier berg

ICEBERG

Glacier iceberg

ICEBERG

Glacier tongue

ICE FIELD

Glade

CLEARING, GRASSLAND

Glen

VALLEY

Goe

VALLEY

Golf driving range

GOLF COURSE

Gorge

VALLEY

Graben

VALLEY

Grade crossing

INTERSECTION

Grade intersection

INTERSECTION

Grain elevator

BUILDING

Granary

BUILDING

Grave marker

MONUMENT

Gravel pit

MINE

Graveyard

CEMETERY

Graving dock

DRY DOCK

Greenhouse

BUILDING

Groin

BREAKWATER

Grotto

CAVE

Grove

WOODLAND

Groyne

BREAKWATER

Guide rail

GUARD RAIL

Gulch

VALLEY, WATERCOURSE

Gulf

INLET

Gully

VALLEY, WATERCOURSE

Gut

WATERCOURSE

Gutter

WATERCOURSE

Guyot

PLATEAU

Half tide basin

LOCK

Hamlet

PLACE

Hangar

BUILDING

Harbor limit

BOUNDARY

Harbor line

BOUNDARY

Harbor of refuge

HARBOR

Haven

HARBOR

Hay meadow

GRASSLAND

Head

PENINSULA

Headland

PENINSULA

Heath

WOODLAND, WETLAND

Hedgerow

HEDGE

Helicopter landing pad

HELIPAD

Heliport

AIRPORT

Herbaceous area

GRASSLAND

Highway

ROAD

Highway route number

SIGN

Hill

MOUNT

Hillock

MOUNT

Hockey rink

ICE RINK

Holding pen

STOCKYARD

Hollow

VALLEY

Homing beacon

BEACON

Hook

BAR, PENINSULA

Hooked spit

BAR

Horizon lights

BEACON

Horizontal control point

CONTROL POINT

Horizontal control monument

CONTROL POINT

Horn buoy

BUOY

Hospital

BUILDING

Hospital complex

BUILDING COMPLEX

Hostel

BUILDING

Hotel

BUILDING

Hotspring

SPRING

House

BUILDING

Hovercraft station

BUILDING

Hovercraft terminal

PIER, WHARF

Hulk

WRECK

Hummock

MOUNT, ISLAND

Hut

BUILDING

Hydro tower

TOWER

Hydrofoil station

BUILDING

Hydrofoil terminal

PIER, WHARF

Ice buoy

BUOY

Ice cap

ICE FIELD

Ice cliff

CLIFF

Ice peak

PEAK

Ice sheet

ICE FIELD

Identification beacon

BEACON

Improved channel

WATERCOURSE, LANE

Incline railway

RAILWAY

Indian treaty line

BOUNDARY

Inland sea

LAKE

Inner harbor

HARBOR

Inner lead

LANE

Inshore

SHORE

Interchange

INTERSECTION

Intermittent light

BEACON

Intermontane plateau

PLATEAU

International boundary

BOUNDARY

International date line

BOUNDARY

Interprovincial boundary

BOUNDARY

Island arc

ISLAND CLUSTER

Island harbor

HARBOR

Island ice

ICE FIELD

Islet

ISLAND

Jail

BUILDING

Jetty

BREAKWATER

Junction buoy

BUOY

Jungle

WOODLAND

Junk yard

DUMPING GROUND

Kame

MOUNT, RIDGE

Kame terrace

TERRACE

Keg buoy

BUOY

Kettle

BASIN

Key

ISLAND

Kill

WATERCOURSE

Kilometer post

SIGN

Knob

MOUNT

Knoll

MOUNT

Lagoon beach

BEACH

Laguna

LAGOON

Land grant line

BOUNDARY

Landing

LANDING PLACE, PIER, WHARF

Landing area

AIRPORT, RUNWAY

Landing beacon

BEACON

Landing field

RUNWAY

Landing lane

RUNWAY, LANE

Landing strip

RUNWAY

Landmark beacon

BEACON

Large automatic navigational buoy

BUOY

Lateral moraine

MORAINE

Launch pad

MISSILE SITE

Lava cone

MOUNT

Lawn bowling green

PARK

Lead

LANE

Leading light

BEACON

Ledge

REEF

Levee

EMBANKMENT

Library

BUILDING

Life saving station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Lift bridge

BRIDGE

Light

BEACON

Light float

BUOY

Light standard

POST

Light station

BEACON

Light vessel

BUOY

Lighted beacon

BEACON

Lighted buoy

BUOY

Lighted sound buoy

BUOY

Lighthouse

BEACON

Lightship

BUOY

Limits

BOUNDARY

Liquid waste disposal area

DUMPING GROUND

Locality

PLACE

Lode

WATERCOURSE

Logged area

CLEARING

Long flashing light

BEACON

Longshore bar

BAR

Lookout tower

TOWER

Loop antenna

ANTENNA

Lumber camp

CAMPGROUND

Maintenance road

ROAD

Major fog signal

BEACON

Major light

BEACON

Mallee scrub

WOODLAND

Mangrove swamp

WETLAND, WOODLAND

Maquis

WOODLAND

Marginal sea

SEA

Marine automatic meteorlogical station

BUOY

Marine bench

TERRACE

Marine cliff

CLIFF

Marine light

BEACON

Marine radiobeacon

BEACON

Marker beacon

BEACON

Marker radiobeacon

BEACON

Market garden

CROPLAND

Marsh

WETLAND

Marsh bar

BAR

Mattress

REVETMENT

Meadow

GRASSLAND

Meander

WATERCOURSE

Memorial park

PARK

Mesa

PLATEAU

Microwave tower

TOWER

Mid channel buoy

BUOY

Mile post

SIGN

Mileage post

SIGN

Military reserve

RESERVE

Mill

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Millpond

LAKE

Mine danger area

BOUNDARY

Mineral pile

DUMPING GROUND

Mineral spring

SPRING

Minor fog signal

BEACON

Minor light

BEACON

Mire

WETLAND

Mississippi River type buoy

BUOY

Moat

WATERCOURSE, VALLEY

Mole

BREAKWATER

Monadnock

MOUNT

Monastery

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Monorail

RAILWAY

Monsoon forest

WOODLAND

Monumented control point

CONTROL POINT

Moor

WOODLAND, WETLAND, GRASSLAND

Mooring buoy

BUOY, MOORING

Mooring mast

MOORING, POST

Mooring ring

MOORING

Morass

WETLAND

Mortlake

LAKE

Mosque

BUILDING

Motel

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Motte

WOODLAND

Mound

MOUNT

Mountain

MOUNT

Mountain pass

GAP

Mountain range

MOUNT RANGE

Mulga

WOODLAND

Mulga scrub

WOODLAND

Multiple track railway

RAILWAY

Municipal park

PARK

Municipality

PLACE

Museum

BUILDING

Muskeg

WETLAND

Narrows

WATERCOURSE

National park

PARK

Natural harbor

HARBOR

Naval station

MILITARY BASE

Navigation light

BEACON

Neck

ISTHMUS, PENINSULA

Neutral zone

DEMILITARIZED ZONE

Non tidal basin

BASIN

Notch

GAP, CAVE

Nuclear accelerator

BUILDING

Nuclear reactor

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Nullah

WATERCOURSE

Nunatak

PEAK

Nun buoy

BUOY

Nursery

FARM

Obsequent stream

WATERCOURSE

Obelisk

MONUMENT

Observation tower

TOWER

Obstruction beacon

BEACON

Obstruction marker

BEACON

Obstruction light

BEACON

Obstruction buoy

BUOY

Occasional light

BEACON

Occasional fog signal

BEACON

Occulting light

BEACON

Occulting quick flashing light

BEACON

Ocean

SEA

Office building

BUILDING

Offshore bar

BAR

Offshore light station

BEACON

Offshore loading facility

PORT

Offshore tower

BEACON

Oil well

WELL

Omnidirectional beacon

BEACON

Open pit mine

MINE

Open berth

HARBOR

Open harbor

HARBOR

Open roadstead

HARBOR

Open sea

SEA

Open sound

SEA

Open water

SEA, LAKE

Orchard

CROPLAND

Outlet

MOUTH

Outport

PORT

Outwash

DELTA

Outwash plain

DELTA, PLAIN

Overflow channel

WATERCOURSE

Overpass

BRIDGE

Oxbow

LAKE

Oyster bed

FISHING GROUND

Pack ice

ICE FIELD

Paddy field

CROPLAND

Palisade

CLIFF

Palsa bog

WETLAND

Pampas

GRASSLAND

Parish

PLACE

Parking garage

BUILDING

Parking lot

PARKING AREA

Parkway

ROAD

Parti colored buoy

BUOY

Pass

GAP, WATERCOURSE, LANE

Passage

WATERCOURSE, LANE

Pasteuer lake

LAKE

Pasture

CROPLAND, GRASSLAND

Paternoster lake

LAKE

Path

ROAD

Peat bog

WETLAND

Peat cutting

WETLAND

Pedestrian crossing

INTERSECTION

Pedestrian-bicycle overpass

BRIDGE

Pedestrian underpass

TUNNEL

Penitentiary

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Pens

WHARF

Penstock

UTILITY, WATERCOURSE

Perch

BEACON

Photogrammetric horizontal control point

CONTROL POINT

Picnic site

PARK

Pile

POST

Pile beacon

BEACON

Pile dolphin

BEACON

Pile lighthouse

BEACON

Pillar

PINNACLE

Pillar buoy

BUOY

Pilot lightship

BUOY

Pingo

MOUNT

Pipe

UTILITY

Pipeline

UTILITY

Pit

MINE, BASIN

Placer mine

MINE

Planetarium

BUILDING

Plant

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Plantation

CROPLAND

Plantation field

CROPLAND

Platform

OFFSHORE PLATFORM

Playground

PARK

Plaza

PARK

Pocosin

WETLAND

Point

BAR, PENINSULA

Polar ice

ICE FIELD

Polar ice pack

ICE FIELD

Police station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Pond

LAKE

Pontoon bridge

BRIDGE

Pool

LAKE

Populated place

PLACE

Post office

BUILDING

Powder magazine

BUILDING

Power line

UTILITY

Power plant

BUILDING COMPLEX

Power transmission line

UTILITY

Power transmission pole

POST

Power transmission pylon

TOWER

Prairie

GRASSLAND

Precipice

CLIFF, PINNACLE

Primary tide station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Prison

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Private road

ROAD

Proglacial lake

LAKE

Prohibited anchorage

HARBOR

Prohibited area

RESTRICTED AREA

Prohibited flying area

RESTRICTED AREA

Promontory

PENINSULA

Pumping station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Pup

WATERCOURSE

Puszta

GRASSLAND

Pylon

TOWER

Quagmire

WETLAND

Quaking bog

WETLAND

Quarantine anchorage

HARBOR

Quarry

MINE

Quay

WHARF

Quick flashing light

BEACON

Race

WATERCOURSE

Racon

BEACON

Radar beacon

BEACON

Radar buoy

BUOY

Radar responder beacon

BEACON

Radar station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Radio beacon monitor station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Radio direction finder station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Radio mast

TOWER

Radio station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Radio tower

TOWER

Radiobeacon

BEACON

Radiobeacon buoy

BUOY

Railroad

RAILWAY

Railroad crossing

INTERSECTION

Railroad gantry

GANTRY

Railroad passing

RAILWAY

Railroad repair building

BUILDING

Railroad storage building

BUILDING

Railroad yard

RAILWAY YARD

Railway tunnel

TUNNEL

Railway turntable

TURNTABLE

Raised beach

TERRACE

Raised bog

WETLAND

Ramp

ROAD, LAUNCHING RAMP

Ranch

FARM

Range

GRASSLAND, LANE, MOUNT-RANGE, RIDGE, CROPLAND

Ranger station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Ranging light

BEACON

Ranging marker

BEACON

Ravine

VALLEY, WATERCOURSE

Re-entrant

VALLEY

Reach

WATERCOURSE

Rear light

BEACON

Recreational vehicle area

CAMPGROUND, PARKING AREA

Recurved spit

BAR

Red sector

BEACON

Red sector light

BEACON

Reef flat

REEF

Reference point location

CONTROL POINT

Refinery

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Reforested area

WOODLAND

Regional park

PARK

Research center

BUILDING COMPLEX

Reservation

INDIAN RESERVATION, RESERVE

Reservation boundary line

BOUNDARY

Reserve boundary line

BOUNDARY

Reservoir

LAKE

Responder beacon

BEACON

Rest area

PARK

Restricted waters

RESTRICTED AREA

Retaining wall

WALL

Ria

INLET

Rift valley

VALLEY

Rill

WATERCOURSE

Rincon

INLET

Rink

ICE RINK

Rio

WATERCOURSE

Riprap

REVETMENT

Riprap mounds

REVETMENT

Rise

MOUNT

Rivage

BEACH, COAST, SHORE

River

WATERCOURSE

River bed

WATERCOURSE

River buoy

BUOY

Rivulet

WATERCOURSE

Roadstead

HARBOR

Rock glacier

ICE FIELD

Rock terrace

TERRACE

Rocket station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Rotating beacon

BEACON

Rotating loop-radiobeacon

BEACON

Rotating light

BEACON

Roundhouse

BUILDING

Route marker

SIGN

Ruins

PLACE

Run

WATERCOURSE

Runaway preventer

ROAD

Runnel

TROUGH, WATERCOURSE

Runway lights

BEACON, RUNWAY

Runway radar reflector

RADAR REFLECTOR

Sabkha

BASIN

Saddle

GAP

Safety fairway

LANE

Sagebrush

WOODLAND

Salina

WETLAND, LAKE

Salt lake

LAKE

Salt marsh

WETLAND

Salting

WETLAND

Sanctuary

PARK

Sand bank

BAR

Sand dune

MOUNT, RIDGE

Sand hills

MOUNT, RIDGE

Sand horn

BAR

Sand lobe

BAR

Sand pit

MINE

Sand spit

BAR

Sandbar

BAR

Sanitarium

BUILDING

Savanna

GRASSLAND

Scar

CLIFF, PINNACLE

Scarp

CLIFF

Scaw

CLIFF

School

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Science center

BUILDING

Scrap yard

DUMPING GROUND

Scrub

WOODLAND

Sea beacon

BEACON

Sea buoy

BUOY

Sea coast

COAST

Sea gate

BREAKWATER, GATE

Seachannel

VALLEY, WATERCOURSE

Seadrome

AIRPORT, RUNWAY

Seaknoll

MOUNT

Seamount

MOUNT

Seamount chain

MOUNT RANGE

Seamount group

MOUNT RANGE

Seamount range

MOUNT RANGE

Seapeak

PEAK

Seaplane base

AIRPORT

Seaplane landing/take off area

RUNWAY

Seaport

PORT, PLACE

Seashore

SHORE

Seawall

BREAKWATER, EMBANKMENT, WALL

Seaway

WATERCOURSE, LANE

Secondary tide station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX, TIDAL GAUGE

Section line

BOUNDARY

Sectored light

BEACON

Seep

SPRING

Send

SWASH

Service lane

ROAD, LANE

Service street

ROAD

Settlement

PLACE

Sewage treatment plant

BUILDING COMPLEX

Shelf ice

ICE FIELD

Shelterbelt

HEDGE

Shield volcano

MOUNT

Ship canal

WATERCOURSE

Shipping lane

LANE

Shoal

BAR

Shoal patches

BAR

Shopping center

BUILDING COMPLEX

Shore reef

REEF

Shoreface

SHORE

Short flashing light

BEACON

Short long flashing light

BEACON

Shrine

MONUMENT

Shrub

WOODLAND

Sidewalk

ROAD

Siding

RAILWAY

Sign post

SIGN

Signal station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Sill

RIDGE, GAP

Silo

BUILDING

Silva

WOODLAND

Single track railway

RAILWAY

Sink

BASIN

Sinkhole

BASIN

Ski lift

CABLEWAY

Ski pylon

TOWER

Slag heap

DUMPING GROUND

Slash

WETLAND

Slip

BERTH

Slipway

LAUNCHING RAMP

Slough

WETLAND, WATERCOURSE

Slue

WETLAND

Sluice

WATERCOURSE, GATE

Sluice gate

GATE

Smoke stack

CHIMNEY

Snow shed

BUILDING

Sonobuoy

BUOY

Sound

WATERCOURSE, LAKE, INLET

Sound barrier

FENCE, WALL

Sound buoy

BUOY

Sovereignty limit

BOUNDARY

Spar buoy

BUOY

Special purpose buoy

BUOY

Special track railway

RAILWAY

Spillway

WATERCOURSE

Spit

BAR

Spoil area

DUMPING GROUND

Spoil banks

DUMPING GROUND

Spoil ground

DUMPING GROUND

Spoil ground buoy

BUOY

Sports playing field

SPORTS FIELD

Sports track

RACETRACK

Spur

RIDGE, RAILWAY, ROAD

Square

PARK

Stable

BUILDING

Stack

ISLAND

Stake net

FISH TRAP

Stakes

BEACON

Stand

WOODLAND

Standpipe

TANK

Station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Station buoy

BUOY

Steel mill

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Steppe

GRASSLAND

Stone mound monument

CONTROL POINT

Storage bunker

BUILDING

Storage tank

TANK

Store

BUILDING

Strait

WATERCOURSE

Strand

SHORE

Stranded wreck

WRECK

Stranding harbor

HARBOR

Strath

VALLEY

Stream

WATERCOURSE

Stream channel

WATERCOURSE

Street

ROAD

Streetcar line

RAILWAY

String bog

WETLAND

Strip mine

MINE

Stump

SNAG

Submarine isthmus

ISTHMUS

Submarine cable

UTILITY

Submerged reef

REEF

Substation/transformer yard

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Subway

RAILWAY, TUNNEL

Summit

PEAK

Sunken rock

ROCK

Sunken wreck

WRECK

Super buoy

BUOY

Supplementary aerodrome

AIRPORT

Survey monument

CONTROL POINT

Suspension bridge

BRIDGE

Swale

TROUGH

Swamp

WETLAND

Swamp forest

WETLAND

Swimming pool

LAKE

Swing bridge

BRIDGE

Swinging buoy

BUOY

Synagogue

BUILDING

Tableknoll

PLATEAU

Tableland

PLATEAU

Tablemount

PLATEAU

Taiga

WOODLAND

Tailing dump

DUMPING GROUND

Tailing pile

DUMPING GROUND

Taxi channel

RUNWAY

Taxi channel light

BEACON

Taxiway

RUNWAY

Taxiway lights

BEACON, RUNWAY

Telegraph buoy

BUOY

Telegraph line

UTILITY

Telegraph pole

POST

Telegraph pylon

TOWER

Telephone line

UTILITY

Telephone pole

POST

Telephone pylon

TOWER

Television station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Television tower

TOWER

Temple

BUILDING

Temporary anchorage

HARBOR

Terminal

BUILDING

Terminal moraine

MORAINE

Territorial waters limit

BOUNDARY

Texas tower

TOWER

Theater

BUILDING

Thermobuoy

BUOY

Thicket

WOODLAND

Thorn forest

WOODLAND

Thorofare

ROAD, WATERCOURSE

Thoroughfare

ROAD, WATERCOURSE

Threshold light

BEACON

Throughfare

ROAD, WATERCOURSE

Thruway

ROAD

Tidal basin

BASIN

Tidal flat

FLAT

Tidal harbor

HARBOR

Tidal light

BEACON

Tidal marsh

WETLAND

Tidal quay

WHARF

Tide gate

GATE

Tide limit

BOUNDARY

Tide lock

LOCK

Tide signal

BEACON

Tide rips

OVERFALLS

Tide station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Tideway

WATERCOURSE

Timber line

BOUNDARY

Toll gate

GATE

Tollroad

ROAD

Tombolo

BAR, ISLAND

Tongue

BAR, PENINSULA

Topmark buoy

BUOY

Torrent

WATERCOURSE

Tourist cabin

BUILDING

Tourist lodge

BUILDING

Town

PLACE

Town hall

BUILDING

Town limits

BOUNDARY

Track

RAILWAY, ROAD

Traffic circle

INTERSECTION

Traffic sign

SIGN

Trail

ROAD

Trailer

MOBILE HOME

Trailer park

MOBILE HOME PARK

Training wall

BREAKWATER

Tramway

CABLEWAY

Transformer station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Transmission line

UTILITY

Transmitter station

BUILDING, BUILDING COMPLEX

Transobuoy

BUOY

Transponder beacon

BEACON

Transverse bar

BAR

Tree line

BOUNDARY

Trench

VALLEY, TROUGH

Trestle

BRIDGE

Triangulation station

CONTROL POINT

Tributary

WATERCOURSE

Tropical rain forest

WOODLAND

Truck farm

CROPLAND

Truck garden

CROPLAND

Trumpet buoy

BUOY

Trunk buoy

BUOY

Tulelands

WETLAND

Tunny nets

FISH TRAP

Turning buoy

BUOY

Turnpike

ROAD

Unattended light

BEACON

Underpass

TUNNEL

Undulating light

BEACON

University

BUILDING COMPLEX

Unwatched light

BEACON

Urban area

PLACE

Utilidor

UTILITY

Veld

GRASSLAND

Vertical control point

CONTROL POINT

Vertical control monument

CONTROL POINT

Viaduct

BRIDGE

Village

PLACE

Vineyard

CROPLAND

Volcano

MOUNT

Volcanic dike

RIDGE

Wadi

WATERCOURSE

Walk

ROAD

Warehouse

BUILDING

Warning beacon

BEACON

Warning light

BEACON

Warning radiobeacon

BEACON

Warping buoy

BUOY

Wash

WATERCOURSE

Watched light

BEACON

Water gap

VALLEY, WATERCOURSE

Water hole

WELL

Water intake tower

TOWER

Water lane

RUNWAY, LANE

Water tower

TOWER

Waterway

LANE

Wave basin

BREAKWATER, BASIN

Wave trap

BREAKWATER

Way

LANE, ROAD

Way point

CONTROL POINT

Wayside park

PARK

Weak light

BEACON

Weir

FISH TRAP, DAM

Weir jetty

BREAKWATER

Wetdock

BERTH

Whistle buoy

BUOY

Winged headland

PENINSULA

Winter buoy

BUOY

Winter light

BEACON

Winter marker

BEACON

Winter road

ROAD

Wood

WOODLAND

Wooded area

WOODLAND

Woods

WOODLAND

Wreck buoy

BUOY

Wrecking yard

DUMPING GROUND

Zoo

PARK

C.2 Attributes

Airport lighting

LIGHTED/UNLIGHTED

Alkaline

ACIDITY

Approach lighting

LIGHTED/UNLIGHTED

Astronomically determined

METHOD OF MEASUREMENT

Brackish

SALINITY

Civilian

OWNER TYPE, USER TYPE

Constructional material

COMPOSITION

Crop grown

SPECIES CULTIVATED

Cross lines

CHARTED DEPTH

Cul-de-sac

BLIND/OPEN

Dead end

BLIND/OPEN

Depth

CHARTED DEPTH, DEPTH BELOW GROUND SURFACE

Determined by triangulation

METHOD OF MEASUREMENT

Drilling

EQUIPMENT PRESENT

Evergreen

DECIDUOUS/EVERGREEN

Fresh

SALINITY

Gauge

RAIL GAUGE

Gradient

SLOPE

Gradient of sides

SLOPE OF SIDES

Land

AIR/LAND/WATER

Main track

CONNECTED BY SWITCHES/ MAIN TRACK

Manmade

ARTIFICIALLY IMPROVED/MANMADE/ NATURAL

Military

OWNER TYPE, USER TYPE

Mode transported

TRANSPORTATION MODE ACCOMMODATED

Multiple wires

SINGLE WIRE/MULTIPLE WIRES

Municipal

ADMINISTRATION

Natural

ARTIFICIALLY IMPROVED/MANMADE/ NATURAL

Noncommunication

COMMUNICATION/ NONCOMMUNICATION

Onshore

OFFSHORE/ONSHORE

Open

BLIND/OPEN

Parent

BRANCH/PARENT

Perennial

INTERMITTENT/PERENNIAL

Pillar construction

CONSTRUCTION TYPE

Private

OWNER TYPE, USER TYPE

Proposed

EXISTING/PROPOSED

Quaternary

PRIMARY/SECONDARY/TERTIARY/ QUATERNARY

Rocky

SOIL TEXTURE

Salt

SALINITY

Seasonal limits

RESTRICTIONS, SEASON USED

Secondary

PRIMARY/SECONDARY/TERTIARY/ QUATERNARY

Sheltered

EXPOSED/SHELTERED

Solid construction

CONSTRUCTION TYPE

Sounding

CHARTED DEPTH

Special use

RESTRICTIONS

Stationary

MOVABLE/STATIONARY

Substance being processed

MATERIAL PROCESSED

Substance stored

ITEM(S) STORED

Substance transported

MATERIAL CONVEYED

Surface material

COMPOSITION

Through road

BLIND/OPEN

Tertiary

PRIMARY/SECONDARY/TERTIARY/ QUATERNARY

Track gauge

RAIL GAUGE

Two way

ONE WAY/TWO WAY

Uncontrolled

CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED

Uncovered

COVERED/UNCOVERED

Unilateral

NEGOTIATED/UNILATERAL

Unincorporated

INCORPORATED/UNINCORPORATED

Unlighted

LIGHTED/UNLIGHTED

Unloading

LOADING/UNLOADING

Unrecognized

RECOGNIZED/UNRECOGNIZED

Unstaffed

STAFFED/UNSTAFFED

Use restrictions

RESTRICTIONS

Use type

LAND USE CATEGORY, FUNCTION

Vehicle served

VEHICLE ACCOMMODATED

Vehicle type

VEHICLE ACCOMMODATED

Vertical

HORIZONTAL/VERTICAL

Vessel accommodated

VEHICLE ACCOMMODATED

Vessel type

VEHICLE ACCOMMODATED

Watched

STAFFED/UNSTAFFED

Water

AIR/LAND/WATER

Water temperature

TEMPERATURE

Weight bearing capacity

BEARING CAPACITY



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