(6) In the North Pacific
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - International Conventions - Load Lines, 1966/1988 - International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, as Amended by the Protocol of 1988 - Annex II - Zones, Areas and Seasonal Periods - Regulation 49 - Seasonal Tropical Areas The following are Seasonal Tropical Areas: - (6) In the North Pacific

(6) In the North Pacific

  (a) An area bounded—

 on the north by the parallel of latitude 25°N;

 on the west by the meridian of longitude 160°E;

 on the south by the parallel of latitude 13°N;

 on the east by the meridian of longitude 130°W.

  • Seasonal periods:

    • TROPICAL: 1 April to 31 October

    • SUMMER: 1 November to 31 March

  (b) An area bounded—

 on the north and east by the west coast of the American continent;

 on the west by the meridian of longitude 123°W from the coast of the American continent to latitude 33°N and by the rhumb line from the point latitude 33°N, longitude 123°W, to the point latitude 13°N, longitude 105°W;

 on the south by the parallel of latitude 13°N.

  • Seasonal periods:

    • TROPICAL: 1 March to 30 June and

      • 1 November to 30 November

    • SUMMER: 1 July to 31 October and

      • 1 December to 28/29 February


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