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light description This is the ENC terminology for the label shown on lights such as "FL R 4s 48ft 8NM" The first element is the characteristic (or pattern) of the light, next is the color, then the period, then the height of the light above MHW, and then the nominal range. A nav program with the option to "show light labels" usually means showing or hiding these light descriptions. Sector lights are the only ENC light category that does not display a light description. See also light characteristic, sector light, nominal range, visual range of light

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