Marine navigation
Process of steering a ship from a starting point to a destination / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marine navigation is the art and science of steering a ship from a starting point (sailing) to a destination, efficiently and responsibly. It is an art because of the skill that the navigator must have to avoid the dangers of navigation, and it is a science because it is based on physical, mathematical, oceanographic, cartographic, astronomical, and other knowledge.
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Marine navigation can be surface or submarine.