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, technical sense to refer to a signboard or daytime identifier that is attached to a day beacon or other aid to navigation. In that sense, a daymark conveys to the mariner during daylight hours the same significance as the aid's light or reflector does at night. Standard signboard shapes are square, triangular, and rectangular, while the standard colours are red, green, orange, yellow, and black.
Notable daymarks
- Trinity House Obelisk, UK
- Kingswear Daymark, UK
- Tasku beacon tower, Finland
- Keskiniemi beacon tower, Finland
- Hiidenniemi beacon tower, Finland
- Laitakari beacon tower, Finland
- Herring Tower, Langness, Isle of Man
- Le Hocq, Jersey
- La Tour Cârrée, Jersey
- Scharhörnbake, Germany
Symbols used on US charts
Chart symbols used by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department, 2013.
See also
- Landmark
- Lighthouse
- Sea mark
References
External links
- The dictionary definition of daymark at Wiktionary
