Pier

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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)

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