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buoy
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A buoy is a floating device anchored in water that serves as a marker or navigation aid. Modern buoys can be equipped with technology like solar panels and radar reflectors to help ships navigate safely and gather data about ocean conditions.
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Types
- Navigational buoys
- Marker buoys
- Diving
- Rescue
- Research
- Mooring
- Military
- Specific forms
- Other
- Fictional
- Other uses
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Smart buoy with solar panels, [[LED light, and corner reflectors for radar]]
thumb|upright|NOAA [[Weather buoy]]
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “buoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.