Admiralty Ocean Plotting Sheet 5349: Lat. 60° to 66° - Mercator Projection

An official Admiralty Plotting Sheet, printed on demand on high-quality, watermarked chart paper. This process ensures you receive a fully updated plotting sheet from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) for accurate position plotting and navigation practice.

About Admiralty Plotting Sheets

Admiralty Plotting Sheets are specialised blank charts produced by the UKHO designed for position plotting, dead reckoning, and navigation practice. These sheets provide a precisely scaled grid for specific latitude ranges using Mercator or Stereographic projections, enabling accurate plotting of positions, courses, and celestial navigation lines. Essential for ocean passage planning, training exercises, and maintaining position records, these sheets complement standard nautical charts by providing a clean workspace for navigation calculations without coastal details or depth information.

Key Features of Plotting Sheets

• Precision Grids: Accurately scaled latitude/longitude grids for specific regions using appropriate map projections.
• Navigation Practice: Ideal for plotting exercises, dead reckoning tracks, and celestial navigation calculations.
• Multiple Applications: Suitable for passage planning, position plotting, training exercises, and examination purposes.

Nautical Charts for Framing & Decorative Wall Art

An authentic Admiralty chart makes for a stunning piece of nautical wall art for a home or office. However, as these are functional navigation items, there are a few important considerations for those wishing to frame them. Please review the key points below before ordering.

• Measure First: Chart dimensions vary considerably based on geographical coverage and the stated size is an approximation. To ensure a perfect fit, we strongly recommend waiting to receive your chart before buying a frame.
• Presentation: The chart will be printed from the latest file available. Sometimes this may be more up-to-date than the sample image on this page. Over the past few years the colour palette and general presentation of Admiralty charts has changed as new editions are published. For example, newer editions use a paler yellow for land. If this is of concern please get in touch and we can check the latest thumbnail image.
• Official Markings: Charts will include an official agent's stamp and a line of authentication data in the margin.
• Folded or Unfolded: By default, charts are folded up to three times to a standard size suitable for a ship's chart drawer. If you require an unfolded chart for framing, please select this option when ordering. Both folded and unfolded charts are then rolled for shipping in a tube.

Shipping and Handling

• Printed to Order: Please note that Admiralty charts are not off-the-shelf items. Each one is printed on demand and prepared individually, a process that involves printing, trimming, quality checking, folding, official stamping, and applying a chart number label to the back of the chart. Please check for messages regarding current handling times during the ordering process.
• Urgent Orders: If you are in a hurry, please get in touch with us directly and we will do our very best to accommodate your needs.
• Packaging: Your chart will be shipped rolled in a sturdy cardboard tube. Despite this, it is sometimes difficult to avoid minor creasing while handling and shipping. If shipped with Royal Mail we use a standard round tube. If shipped with DPD we use a long rectangular box which carries a slightly higher risk of creasing. Minor creasing can usually be flattened easily with a few hours under some heavy books.
• Returns: Because every chart is printed to order, it is non-returnable unless faulty or damaged. Please ensure the chart you have selected meets your needs before ordering. We are very happy to help with any questions, so please get in touch if you need assistance.