About nautical charts

Norwegian paper nautical charts are divided into chart series. The scale and content of each series are suited to different kinds of shipping and needs, from detailed harbour charts to overview charts of entire sea areas.

The chart series

The main chart series consists of 143 nautical charts at a scale of 1:50,000, with a few exceptions, and covers the entire Norwegian coast from the Swedish border to Grense Jakobselv. These are primarily navigation charts for coastal waters and the most common charts for leisure boats. Many of the charts have insets at larger scales of narrow waters. The topography on land is in many charts taken from the N50 topographic map series.

The harbour chart series consists of 45 charts at scales from 1:5,000 to 1:25,000 and covers harbours and approaches along the coast. Some harbour charts have insets at even larger scales of central parts of the harbour. The harbour charts give a detailed picture of depths and quays.

The coastal chart series consists of 10 charts at scales from 1:200,000 to 1:350,000 and covers the coast from the Swedish border to Grense Jakobselv. Coastal charts are used for offshore sailing and on the fishing banks.

The overview chart series consists of 12 charts at scales from 1:700,000 to 1:10,000,000 and covers the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, the Greenland Sea and the northern Atlantic. Most are part of international chart series under the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and also carry an international chart number (INT number).

The main chart series for Svalbard and Jan Mayen consists of 25 charts at scales from 1:15,000 to 1:100,000 and covers the coastal polar waters.

You will find all the charts in the nautical chart selector, where you can search by place name or chart number. The charts are printed at original size and come on paper, Tyvek, film or board. Read about finishes, sizes and prices.

Nautical charts with land map for the wall

Nautical charts are made for navigation and show little on land. If you want a wall map of your own area, you can create your own map in any size. We then fill the land areas with the N50 topographic map, so you get both depths and skerries at sea and roads and terrain on land. Custom maps are wall maps and not for navigation.

Map data © Kartverket.