Illustration D011NG below represents the geographic location of a vessel and the radar presentation at the same time. Which statement is TRUE?

Correct Answer: Option A — A tangent bearing of the headland to the south-southeast should be corrected by adding one-half of the beam width.

Radar beam width distortion causes targets to appear wider than they are. When taking a tangent bearing on a headland, the radar pulse strikes the near edge first. To obtain the true bearing of the landmass, you must add one-half of the effective beam width to the observed bearing.