---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 80.738"
title: "33"
number: "80.738"
heading: "Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/80.738"
---

# §80.738. Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.

- (a) Except inside lines specifically described in this section, the 72 COLREGS shall apply on all other bays, harbors and lagoons of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- (b) A line drawn from Puerto San Juan Light to position18°28.5′ N., 066°08.4′ W, at the northwest extent of Isla de Cabras across the entrance of San Juan Harbor.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 77-118a, 42 FR 35784, July 11, 1977. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 FR 28154, May 26, 1981, as amended by USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35002, June 19, 2008; USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39172, July 1, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 102, 503; 33 U.S.C. 151(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 77-118a, 42 FR 35784, July 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 FR 28154, May 26, 1981.

### Amendments

[CGD 77-118a, 42 FR 35784, July 11, 1977. Redesignated by CGD 81-017, 46 FR 28154, May 26, 1981, as amended by USCG-2008-0179, 73 FR 35002, June 19, 2008; USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39172, July 1, 2013]