Light characteristic

Symbols and abbreviations for light characteristics
Flørauden seamark in Norway with its light characteristics and sector light

A light characteristic is all of the properties that make a particular navigational light identifiable. Graphical and textual descriptions of navigational light sequences and colours are displayed on nautical charts and in Light Lists with the chart symbol for a lighthouse, lightvessel, buoy or sea mark with a light on it. Different lights use different colours, frequencies and light patterns, so mariners can identify which light they are seeing.[1]

  1. ^ Thompson, William. "On Lighthouse Characteristics". Retrieved 21 August 2022.