---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 167.100"
title: "33"
number: "167.100"
heading: "In the approaches to Narragansett Bay, RI, and Buzzards Bay, MA: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/167.100"
---

# §167.100. In the approaches to Narragansett Bay, RI, and Buzzards Bay, MA: General.


The traffic separation scheme in the approaches to Narragansett Bay, RI, and Buzzards Bay, MA, consists of four parts: Two precautionary areas and two approaches—a Narragansett approach and a Buzzards Bay approach. The specific areas in the approaches to Narragansett Bay, RI, and Buzzards Bay, MA, are described in [§§ 167.101 through 167.103](/cfr/33/167.101..167.103.md). The geographic coordinates in [§§ 167.101 through 167.103](/cfr/33/167.101..167.103.md) are defined using North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83), which is equivalent to WGS 1984 datum.


## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2010-0718, 75 FR 77534, Dec. 13, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70001, 70003; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.0.

### Source

Source: CGD 81-080, 48 FR 36456, Aug. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2010-0718, 75 FR 77534, Dec. 13, 2010]