AUS 296 — Prince of Wales Channel to Varzvin Passage, QLD (Torres Strait) Nautical Chart

For skippers, pilots, and coastal crews transiting western Torres Strait

Set your course with confidence from the Prince of Wales Channel westward to Varzvin Passage. AUS 296 delivers high-resolution strait-transit detail at 1:37,500 on UTM projection—ideal for plotting tide gates, aligning fairways and leads, and cueing waypoints across shoal-fringed waters.

Why skippers choose this chart

• 🧭 Built for strait transit — Main sheet at 1:37,500 for the full Prince of Wales–Varzvin sector.

• 🚢 Traffic & approach awareness — Helpful for lining up fairways, leads and landfall bearings.

• 🛰️ Universal Transverse Mercator — Clean projection for bearings and GPS plotting.

• 📍 Exact bounds — All four limits listed for quick position checks (see below).

• 🗺️ Deck-ready materials — Writeable laminate front face for chart-correction pencils.

• 🇦🇺 Printed in Australia — Colour-managed, hand-checked.

Coverage

• Main Chart — AUS 296: Australia North Coast · Torres Strait · Prince of Wales Channel to Varzvin Passage

  • Scale: 1:37,500 · Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator

  • Bounds: N 10°26.50′ S · S 10°39.80′ S · E 142°09.60′ E · W 141°48.36′ E

  • Publication: 21-Jun-1973 · Latest Edition: 09-Dec-2022

Premium materials & finishes

• Paper (120 gsm matte) — Crisp, flexible and chart-table friendly; ideal under nav-station glass.

• Laminated (soft-matte front / gloss back, edge-sealed) — Front side is low-glare and writeable with chart-correcting/grease pencils; gloss back adds rigidity and wipes clean.

Note: We’ve intentionally configured the laminate with a soft-matte writeable face and a gloss reverse so you can annotate pilotage notes, fixes and ETAs directly on the chart, then clean down between passages.

On-board & ashore use

• 🧭 Passage planning — Pre-plot tracks, tide windows and contingency turns.

• 📒 Crew briefings — At-a-glance layout for pilotage notes and waypoint checks.

• 🛠️ Bridge/club display — Durable laminated option for noticeboards and training rooms.

• 🎁 Gift for skippers — A practical, good-looking chart for local and transiting crews.

Specifications

Important note (mariner’s guidance)

This product is ideal for planning, briefing, education, and display. For underway navigation, always carry and consult the latest official hydrographic chart or approved ECDIS and current Notices to Mariners. Local conditions and aids may change.

Ready to thread the western Torres Strait?

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