DEPTH OF THE SULINA AND CHILIA CHANNELS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010000320005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATIO REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Depth of the Sulina and Chilia Channels
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1. Reportedly, the normal depth of the bar at Sulina is 23 feet, allowing ships
with 22 feet draft to pass through. However, with favorable weather and at
high tide, it is possible to enter the Sulina channel with a draft of 24 feet.
Pilots who have gone through the Chilia channel lately state that this channel
now has a depth of 18 feet. The channel is being constantly dredged.
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