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A waterway has no route from the sea. Which way does the Conventional Direction of Buoyage generally go around land?

  1. Counterclockwise around land masses
  2. Toward the nearest city
  3. Toward the sunrise
  4. Clockwise around land masses
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Correct answer: Clockwise around land masses

With no route from the sea to follow, the direction generally goes clockwise around land. Sometimes it is assigned arbitrarily.

Source: US Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), 33 CFR Part 62: United States Aids to Navigation System, § 62.21 General

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