Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 3.85-1 - Seventeenth district.

(a) The District Office is in Juneau, Alaska.

(b) The Seventeenth Coast Guard District shall comprise the State of Alaska; the ocean area bounded by a line from the Canadian Coast at latitude 54°40′ N. due west to longitude 140° W.; thence southwesterly to position 40° N., 150° W.; thence due west to position 40° N., 165° E.; thence due north to latitude 43° N.; thence northwesterly to 51° N., 158° E.; thence north and east along the coastline of the continent of Asia to East Cape; thence north to the Arctic Ocean.

[CGFR 61-40, 26 FR 10353, Nov. 3, 1961, as amended by CGFR 70-150, 36 FR 912, Jan. 20, 1971]
§ 3.85-10 - Sector: Southeast Alaska Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of the Port Zones.

Sector Southeast Alaska's office is located in Juneau, AK. The boundaries of Sector Southeast Alaska Marine Inspection and Captain of the Port Zones start at latitude 60°01′18″ N, longitude 142°00′00″ W, proceeding northeast to the EEZ near the Canadian border at latitude 60°18′24″ N, longitude 141°00′00″ W; thence south and east along the EEZ on the United States-Canadian shore side boundary to the intersection of the Canadian coast and the Coast Guard District Seventeen southern border at latitude 54°40′00″ N, longitude 131°15′06″ W; thence west along the southern border of Coast Guard District Seventeen to the intersection with the outermost extent of the EEZ at latitude 54°38′11″ N, longitude 140°01′26″ W; thence north along the outermost extent of the EEZ to latitude 56°14′50″ N, longitude 142°00′00″ W; thence north to the point of origin.

[USCG-2006-25556, 72 FR 36326, July 2, 2007, as amended by USCG-2023-0811, 88 FR 69036, Oct. 5, 2023]
§ 3.85-15 - Sector Anchorage: Western Alaska Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of the Port Zones; Marine Safety Unit Valdez: Prince William Sound Marine Inspection and Captain of the Port Zones.

Sector Anchorage's office is located in Anchorage, AK. A subordinate unit, Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Valdez, is located in Valdez, AK.

(a) Sector Anchorage's Western Alaska Marine Inspection and Captain of the Port Zones start near the Canadian border on the EEZ at latitude 60°18′24″ N, longitude 141°00′00″ W, proceeding southwest to latitude 60°01′18″ N, longitude 142°00′00″ W; thence south to the outermost extent of the EEZ at latitude 56°14′50″ N, longitude 142°00′00″ W; thence southwest along the outermost extent of the EEZ to latitude 51°22′15″ N, longitude 167°38′28″ E; thence northeast along the outermost extent of the EEZ to latitude 65°30′00″ N, longitude 168°58′37″ W; thence north along the outermost extent of the EEZ to latitude 72°46′29″ N, longitude 168°58′37″ W; thence northeast along the outermost extent of the EEZ to latitude 74°42′35″ N, longitude 156°28′30″ W; thence southeast along the outermost extent of the EEZ to latitude 72°56′49″ N, longitude 137°34′08″ W; thence south along the outermost extent of the EEZ to the coast near the Canadian border at latitude 69°38′48.88″ N, longitude 140°59′52.7″ W; thence south along the United States-Canadian boundary to the point of origin; and in addition, all the area described in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) The boundaries of MSU Valdez's Prince William Sound Marine Inspection and Captain of the Port Zones start at Cape Puget at latitude 59°56′04″ N, longitude 148°26′00″ W, proceeding north to latitude 61°30′00″ N, longitude 148°26′00″ W; thence east to the United States-Canadian boundary at latitude 61°30′00″ N, longitude 141°00′00″ W; thence south along the United States-Canadian boundary to latitude 60°18′24″ N, longitude 141°00′00″ W; thence southwest to the sea at latitude 60°01′18″ N, longitude 142°00′00″ W; thence south to the outermost extent of the EEZ at latitude 56°14′50″ N, longitude 142°00′00″ W; thence along the outermost boundary of the EEZ to latitude 54°49′26″ N, longitude 148°26′00″ W; thence north to the point of origin.

[USCG-2006-25556, 72 FR 36326, July 2, 2007, as amended by USCG-2008-0073, 73 FR 15080, Mar. 21, 2008]
authority: 14 U.S.C. 501,504; Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3
cite as: 33 CFR 3.85-1