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Note: | Note 1: A pier or jetty providing cargo-handling facilities may also be called a wharf. | ||
Note: | Note 2: In French the term mole is also sometimes used in place of the term "brise-lames", for a breakwater (1-2-250) when it protects the entrance of a harbour. | ||
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Alternative term: Jetty
A structure extending into the water approximately perpendicular to a shore or a bank and providing berthing for ships, and which may also provide cargo-handling facilities.
Note 1: A pier or jetty providing cargo-handling facilities may also be called a wharf.
Note 2: In French the term mole is also sometimes used in place of the term "brise-lames", for a breakwater (1-2-250) when it protects the entrance of a harbour.
Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)
