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Digital Nautical Chart ( DNC®)

The Digital Nautical Chart (DNC) is produced by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and is a vector-based digital product containing maritime significant features essential for safe marine navigation. DNC, for areas in which the US is the prime charting authority, is unclassified. All other areas are limited distribution.

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DNC provides global marine navigation information between 84 North latitude and 81 South latitude and supports a variety of Geographic Information System applications.

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**Important Announcement**

Effective 01 March 2026, as part of the NSGI 1501 Sunset Process, NGA's DNC portfolio will be reduced to only all Coastal and General scale libraries. NGA recommends transitioning to our latest Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) available via the Maritime Content Dissemination Portal (MCDP): https://mcdp.nga.mil. NGA's sunset of the remaining DNC portfolio will occur on 01 October 2026.

Name Graphic Image Edition
Number
Updated to
Notice to
Mariners
Last Update
  DNC Graphic Image      
DNCDX001 - South Atlantic Ocean DNCX001 35 08/26 2026-03-04
DNCDX002 - East Africa DNCX002 21 08/26 2026-03-04
DNCDX003 - Indian Ocean DNCX003 29 05/26 2026-02-11
DNCDX004 - Western Australia DNCX004 25 06/26 2026-02-18
DNCDX005 - Eastern Australia DNCX005 26 07/26 2026-02-25
DNCDX006 - South Pacific Ocean DNCX006 20 06/26 2026-02-18
DNCDX007 - South America DNCX007 33 07/26 2026-02-25
DNCDX008 - Southern Europe DNCX008 42 08/26 2026-03-04
DNCDX009 - Central Mediterranean DNCX009 35 05/26 2026-02-11
DNCDX010 - Middle East DNCX010 34 06/26 2026-02-18
DNCDX011 - South China Sea DNCX011 26 06/26 2026-02-18
DNCDX012 - Japan/North Pacific DNCX012 30 05/26 2026-02-11
DNCDX013 - North America West DNCX013 31 06/26 2026-02-18
DNCDX014 - Central America/Caribbean Sea DNCX014 38 08/26 2026-03-04
DNCDX015 - Gulf of Mexico/Straits of Florida DNCX015 44 05/26 2026-02-11
DNCDX016 - Bahamas/Bermuda DNCX016 35 06/26 2026-02-18
DNCDX017 - Eastern United States DNCX017 55 07/26 2026-02-25
DNCDX018 - Northeastern United States/Canada DNCX018 34 07/26 2026-02-25
DNCDX019 - Greenland/Iceland/United Kingdom DNCX019 22 07/26 2026-02-25
DNCDX020 - United Kingdom DNCX020 22 07/26 2026-02-25
DNCDX021 - Norway DNCX021 26 05/26 2026-02-11
DNCDX022 - Barents Sea DNCX022 29 06/26 2026-02-18
DNCDX023 - Northern Asia DNCX023 44 08/26 2026-03-04
DNCDX024 - Sea of Okhotsk DNCX024 16 05/26 2026-02-11
DNCDX025 - Gulf of Alaska DNCX025 31 07/26 2026-02-25
DNCDX026 - British Columbia DNCX026 39 07/26 2026-02-25
DNCDX027 - Arctic Ocean DNCX027 20 08/26 2026-03-04
DNCDX028 - Canada DNCX028 24 06/26 2026-02-18
DNCDX029 - Antarctica DNCX029 11 05/26 2026-02-11
 

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