DISC TITLE: DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHART/DNC03 - Indian Ocean EDITION NUMBER: 029 VOLUME NUMBER: DNC03ED29 NSN: 7644014398358 RELEASE DATE: April 15, 2022 MEDIA STANDARD: ISO 9660 VPF STANDARD 96 TOTAL LIBRARIES: 22 TOTAL CHARTS: 185 NOTICE TO MARINERS: 14/22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All libraries corrected through NTM 14/22 (2 April 2022) -----GENERAL SCALE LIBRARIES: (4) GEN03A Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; North Indian Ocean Charts: GBR 66, 67, 707, 708, 825, 828, 830, 840, 2422, 2426, 2736, 3985, 4703, 4705, 4707; IND 31, 33 GEN03B Makran Coast to Sonmiani Bay, Pakistan Charts: USA 62028; GBR 707, 2736; IND 291 GEN03C Central Indian Ocean; Sumatera, Indonesia Charts: GBR 1312, 2869, 3901, 3902, 4702, 4707; IDN 38, 136; AUS 400 GEN03D Southern Indian Ocean Charts: GBR 4074, 4708, 4710, 4711, 4713, 4714; AUS 597 -----COASTAL SCALE LIBRARIES: (17) COA03A Diego Garcia - Indian Ocean Charts: GBR 3 COA03B Eastern Coast of Malaysia; Selat Berhala Charts: SGP 202; GBR 2422, 3445, 3446 COA03C Northern Strait of Malacca Charts: USA 71040; GBR 3052, 3900, 3901, 3904, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3941, 3942, 3943, 3944, 3945 COA03D Southwest Vietnam; Southeast Thailand; Northeast Malaysia Charts: USA 93160, 93300, 93301, 93320; GBR 66, 3447, 3542, 3985; THA 45, 205, 206; MYS 654 COA03E Gulf of Thailand Charts: USA 93200, 93220, 93280; GBR 66, 67, 1046, 3963, 3965, 3966, 3967 COA03F Southern Strait of Malacca; Singapore Strait Charts: USA 71230; 71265, 71285; GBR 1789; 2403 SGP 200, 201, 202; IDN 46, 102, 105 COA03G Northwest Coast of Sumatera Charts: GBR 400, 2760, 2779, 2917B, 2965D, 3904 COA03H Pasni, Pakistan to Diu Head, India Charts: IND 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 251; GBR 38, 38B, 38C, 39, 1470 COA03I Western Coast of India Charts: USA 63120; IND 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 221, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 293 COA03J Maldives - Indian Ocean Charts: USA 63150,63190; GBR 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 2738, 3323; COA03K Southeastern Coast of India; Sri Lanka Charts: USA 63220, 63240; GBR 1583, 813; IND 223, 224, 262, 263, 315, 317, 357, 358 COA03L Eastern Coast of India Charts: USA 63310; IND 308, 313, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357 COA03M Paradip, India to Ramree Island, Burma Charts: USA 63320, 63330, 63340; GBR 90, 817; IND 301, 351, 352 COA03N Andaman Islands; Nicobar Islands Charts: GBR 842, 1419A; IND 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 472, 473 COA03O Kerguelen Islands, France Charts: USA 61650; GBR 2398 COA03P Ramree Island to Ko Phra Thong, Thailand Charts: USA 63410, 63420, 63430, 63440; GBR 216, 818, 823, 824, 826; THA 307 COA03Q Southwest Coast of Sumatera Charts: GBR 2760, 2785, 2862; IDN 136, 137, 242, 244 -----BROWSE LIBRARY: (1) BROWSE DNCDX003 Library Index Charts: N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The distribution of DNC® is authorized to U.S. Department of Defense and contractors. 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