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minor light In ENC terminology, this is any light with nominal range less than 10 nmi that is also not a sector light. It is shown on the chart as a tear drop of the light color, pointed toward 135T, intending to indicate a flash. White lights use a yellow symbol. If two lights are located at the same position (rare but seen), the second one has its tear drop directed toward 045T. Minor lights include a full light description but lights on buoys often do not include a nominal range. On ENC, it is not a "lighted buoy" it is a "light" and it is a "buoy," and maybe a "daymark," and maybe a "fog signal."

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