The Fifth Coast Guard District is comprised of: North Carolina; Virginia; District of Columbia; Maryland; Delaware; that part of Pennsylvania east of a line drawn along 78°55' W. longitude south to 41°00' N. latitude, thence west to 79°00' W. longitude, and thence south to the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary; that portion of New Jersey that lies south and west of a line drawn from the New Jersey shoreline at 40°18' N. latitude (just south of the Shrewsbury River), thence westward to 40°18' N. latitude, 74°30.5' W. longitude, thence north-northwesterly to the junction of the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania boundaries at Tristate; and the ocean area encompassed by a line bearing 122°T from the coastal end of the First and Fifth Districts' land boundary at the intersection of the New Jersey shoreline and 40°18' N. latitude (just south of the Shrewsbury River) to the southernmost point in the First Coast Guard District (a point located at approximately 37° N. latitude, 67°13' W. longitude); thence along a line bearing 219°T to the point of intersection with the ocean boundary between the Fifth and Seventh Coast Guard Districts, which is defined as a line bearing 122°T from the coastal end of the Fifth and Seventh Districts' land boundary at the shoreline at the North Carolina-South Carolina border, point located at approximately 30°55' N. 73° W.; thence northwesterly along this line to the coast.
Sector Delaware Bay Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of the Port Zone
Sector Delaware Bay's office is located in Philadelphia, PA. The boundaries of Sector Delaware Bay's Marine Inspection Zone and Captain of the Port Zone start near the New Jersey coast at latitude 40°18'00" N, longitude 73°58'40" W, proceeding west to latitude 40°18'00" N, longitude 74°30'30" W, thence north-northwest to the junction of the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania boundaries near Tristate at latitude 41°21'27" N, longitude 74°41'42" W; thence northwest along the east bank of the Delaware River to latitude 42°00'00" N, longitude 75°21'28" W; thence west along the New York-Pennsylvania boundary to latitude 42°00'00" N, longitude 78°54'58" W; thence south to latitude 41°00'00" N, longitude 78°54'58" W; thence west to latitude 41°00'00" N, longitude 79°00'00" W; thence south to the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary at latitude 39°43'22" N, longitude 79°00'00" W; thence east to the intersection of the Maryland-Delaware boundary at latitude 39°43'22" N, longitude 75°47'17" W; thence south along the Maryland-Delaware boundary to latitude 38°27'37" N, longitude 75°41'35" W and east along the Maryland-Delaware boundary to and including Fenwick Island Light at latitude 38°27'03" N, longitude 75°02'55" W. The offshore boundary starts at Fenwick Island Light and proceeds east to a point at latitude 38°26'25" N, longitude 74°26'46" W; thence southeast to latitude 37°19'14" N, longitude 72°13'13" W; thence east to the outermost extent of the EEZ at latitude 37°19'14" N, longitude 71°02'54" W; thence northeast along the outermost extent of the EEZ to latitude 37°56'50" N, longitude 69°18'15" W; thence northwest to latitude 38°28'00" N, longitude 70°11'00" W; thence northwest to a point near the New Jersey coast at latitude 40°18'00" N, longitude 73°58'40" W.
