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    A daymark is a navigational aid for sailors and pilots, distinctively marked to maximize its visibility in daylight. The word is also used in a more specific...
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    Kingswear Daymark (also known as The Tower) is a 24 m (80 ft) octagonal limestone day beacon built in 1864, in an arable field above Froward Point near...
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    Island. At the northeast corner of the island is a large red-and-white daymark. It was erected in 1683 by Thomas Ekins, first steward of the Godophin...
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    navigational purposes. Some are only intended to be visible in daylight (daymarks), others have some combination of lights, reflectors, fog bells, foghorns...
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    is the only such structure in the United States to bear the checkered daymark, intended not only for differentiation between similar light towers, but...
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    in Finnish), often referred to as the Karvo beacon tower, is a historic daymark located on a promontory of Keskiniemi in the northwestern part of Hailuoto...
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  • Tasku beacon tower (Taskun pooki in Finnish) is a daymark tower located on the island of Tasku (Pocket in English) in the Raahe archipelago in the Gulf...
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    so they can easily be recognized during daylight, a marking known as a daymark. The black and white barber pole spiral pattern of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse...
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    The Jersey Round Tower at Le Hocq is painted in a distinctive pattern to serve as a daymark for navigation...
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    in the letters patent of Henry IV. One tower remained as of 1739 when a daymark was established there, called de la Haille, then de la Humade. The tower...
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    shaft or tower of a lighthouse has been painted with a helical stripe as a daymark, the lighthouse could be described as having been painted in "barber's...
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    lantern Markings white and red horizontal bands, white and red horizontal daymark on the top Operator Bangladesh Department of Shipping Racon M  Focal height...
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    single keeper. The beacon was automated in 1972. Throughout its life the daymark of the tower was modified on numerous occasions. Originally all-white,...
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    to support navigation on finding directions. A variant is a seamark or daymark, a structure usually built intentionally to aid sailors navigating featureless...
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    Laitakari beacon tower is a daymark (navigational aid) located on the island of Laitakari in the Gulf of Bothnia in Finland. The island is located east-northeast...
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    Lindisfarne. It is said to be Britain's earliest purpose-built daymark.[page needed] Emmanuel Head Daymark Public viewing platform and former coastguard station...
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    be moved. The light displays a highly visible black and white diagonal daymark paint scheme. It shares similar markings with the St. Augustine Light....
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    the same colours as the blazes (each bar will use a different colour). Daymark Desire path, a trail created by repeated use, sometimes informally marked...
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  • north west of France, lying to the south of Finistère, near Trégunc and Nevez. The island is a Daymark as an aid to navigation by sailors. Daymark v t e...
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    fortifications were again enlarged, including the construction of a belfry daymark (a navigational aid similar to a non-illuminated lighthouse). As a strategic...
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    which remain. The tower is the highest building on Barbuda and serves as a daymark from land or sea. Today the fort is a popular location for weddings. The...
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    Trinity House Obelisk (category Daymarks)
    at Portland Bill, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. Built as a daymark, it has been Grade II Listed since 1978. The obelisk was built in 1844...
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    The Daymark (daylight version of a lighthouse) on St Martins, the nearest point to the mainland of Cornwall....
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    The Scharhörnbake was the most important daymark on the German North Sea coast for several centuries. First erected in 1661 by the City of Hamburg on...
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    The Swedish king, Frederick I – Rügen then belonged to Sweden – had a daymark erected near the present-day steps during the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)...
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    the Derwent River at Hobart, Tasmania. USCG aids to navigation boat Buoy Daymark Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Foghorn Global Positioning System (GPS)...
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    by two. The rock has no vegetation, as it is a rock. An isolated danger daymark is installed to alert passing vessels. The island is now sheltered in the...
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    metres (16 ft) Shape square parallelepiped clad tower with white panels as daymark and light Markings white tower Operator Northern Lighthouse Board First...
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    Marking the approach to the island of Seili, Finland Engineering portal Daymark Sector light PEL sector light Visual approach slope indicator, similar...
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    a west cardinal) Bowditch's American Practical Navigator Cardinal mark Daymark Safe water mark Isolated danger mark Special mark Lighthouse Foghorn Lightvessel...
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