Descriptions of Stations 



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EUROPE.' 



Norway concluded. 



Hammerfest (Meridianstolten), 1915 continued. 



fence nearly in direction of spire of Lutheran church 

 used as azimuth mark; marked by hole broken in 

 flat stone, 20 by 35 centimeters, which lies imbedded 

 in ground. True bearings: beacon on Fulgenaes 

 Point, 45 28'.6; Fulgenaes Lighthouse, 48 22'.5; 

 cupola on Swedish consulate, 276 44'.0; spire on 

 Catholic church, 307 10'.7; beacon on mountain, 

 310 57'.4; spire on Lutheran church, 322 19'.0. 



II id men Island, 1914. At northeast corner of island, on 

 a butte separated from higher portion of land by 

 a narrow gulch, at an elevation of approximately 

 50 feet (15 meters), on a large flat ledge. True 

 bearings: Melko Lighthouse, 246 53'. 3; Grundvaag 

 Lighthouse, 321 OS'.O. 



Melko Island, 1914. On southwest end of island, about 

 10 paces northwest of highest point of this portion 

 of island on a line produced through this summit 

 from town of Hammerfest. To the north, between 

 station and main portion of island, is a low neck 

 where sea breaks across. True bearings: beacon on 

 Haaien Island, 60 59'.9; Melko Lighthouse, 185 

 57'.0; meridianstotten, 299 37'.9; spire on Lutheran 

 church, 304 50'.0; staff on Fulgenaes Lighthouse, 

 306 48'.6; cairn on mountain, 320 26'.6; lighthouse 

 on Akkerfiord, 358 04'.9. 



Skibnoes Fiord, Soro Island, 1914. On a peninsula which 

 juts out into Soro Sund to southward and incloses 

 Skibnoes Fiord, on a point about 60 feet (18 meters) 

 west of edge of hill which at this point is approx- 

 imately 70 feet (21 meters) high, about 150 feet (46 

 meters) south of a small but deep gulch. There is 

 a low place where boats land to northward which 

 separates largest part of peninsula from main island. 

 True bearings: Mylingen Lighthouse, 260 07'.8; 

 Melko Lighthouse, 298 17'.0; spire of Lutheran 

 church, 302 04'.4; west gable of white house on 

 Birch Tree Fiord, 313 13'.0; Grundvaag Lighthouse, 

 358 59'.8. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



Canada. 



Ashe Inlet, Northwestern Territories, 1914. Station A is 

 exact reoccupation of station established by U.S. Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey in 1896, and reoccupied by 

 "Arctic" Expedition in 1909 and 1912. On big 

 island near north shore of Hudson Strait; on east 

 side of inlet, about 23 meters west and 5 meters 

 north of ruins of frame house, about 40 meters north 

 of shore line, and 35 feet (10.7 meters) above high 

 water; marked by drill hole 2 cm. in diameter in 

 rock. True bearings: Tyrrel's beacon, 85 25'.6; 

 beacon on east side of harbor, 309 47'.6; beacon on 

 Rabbit Island, 337 33'.7. A secondary station, B, 

 was established 15.25 meters from drill-hole, in 

 range between main station and Tyrrel's beacon. 



Coals Island, Northwestern Territories, 1914. On south- 

 eastern shore of Coats Island, about 100 yards (91 

 meters) north of high-water mark, 10 feet (3.0 

 meters) above high water, and \]/i miles (2.4 km.) 

 southwest of a ridge or face of beach; marked by 

 spruce stake surrounded by cairn 4 feet (1.2 meters) 

 high. True bearings: rock cropping on ridge (about 

 3 km.), 212 05'.0. 



Erik Cove, Northwestern Territories, 1914. On gravel 

 bank at head of cove, 200 meters west of Hudson's 

 Bay Company's post, about midway between the 

 valley walls, 45 meters from high-water mark, and 

 19 meters from bank of stream that drains the valley; 

 marked by spruce stake. True bearings: opening 



NORTH AMERICA. 



Canada concluded. 



Erik Cove, Northwestern Territories, 1914 continued. 



between topmast and mainmast at Hudson's Bay 

 Company's post, 243 05'.2; gable end of dwelling, 

 244 12'. 1; Hudson's Bay Company's property post, 

 107 meters, 273 47'.3; south corner of white fence 

 at grave, 278 28'.9. 



Eskimo Point, Northivestern Territories, 1914. On an 

 island which may be Sentinel Island, 600 meters 

 west^northwest from a prominent cairn 2 meters 

 high and 3 meters in diameter; marked by stake 

 driven in sandy soil. True bearing: cairn, 288 40'. 6. 



Mistake Bay, Northivestern Territories, 1914. About one- 

 fourth mile (0.4 km.) north of the head of northern- 

 most inlet of the bay, about 11 feet (3.4 meters) 

 above half-tide, ]/ 2 mile (0.8 km.) northwest of con- 

 spicuous knoll, 600 feet (183 meters) northwest of 

 a pond, and 23 meters southeast of a cairn 7 feet 

 (2.1 meters) high; marked by cross cut in bed-rock 

 with letters C. I. W. alongside. True bearings: 

 single rock about 14 feet (4.3 meters) high, 1.2 miles 

 (1.9 km.), 50 46'.6; conspicuous knoll, 304 59'.5. 



Smith Island, Northwestern Territories, 1914. On west 

 shore of island, about 2 meters above high water, and 

 7 meters from it; marked by cairn about 1.5 meters 

 high. True bearing: rocky point on summit of small 

 island, 158 27'.4. 



Sydney, Nova Scotia, 1914. Close reoccupation of station 

 of 1905, 1908, 1909 (marker has been removed in 

 leveling operations to make a baseball-field in park). 



Central America. 



Colon, Sweetwater, Panama, 1915, 1916. About 2.5 uules 

 (4 km.) due west of Cristobal Channel, on north side 

 of Sweetwater Bay, approximately one-fourth mile 

 (0.4 km.) southwest of station of 1907, 190S, 

 1909, and 1912, and approximately 100 meters west- 

 southwest of station B of 1912, on a low sandy 

 stretch of beach from which line of vision to Colon 

 passes near a shelf of rock on right shore, called by 

 natives "Pelo Bendito," and at right angles to 

 telephone-lines across bay. Station A is about 2 

 meters from water's edge; marked by wooden peg. 

 True bearings: left edge entrance to bay, 226 19'; 

 left edge Washington Hotel, 247 13'.S; left wireless- 

 tower, 250 51'.8; right wireless-tower, 251 43M; 

 right entrance to bay, 253 45'. This station was 

 closely reoccupied in 1916. 



Station B is 61 25 meters north of station A, 

 about 14 meters from water's edge, 7 meters south- 

 east of a palm, and in direction of A are some stumps 

 that were the foundation of a native hut; marked by 

 wooden peg. True bearings: left edge Washington 

 Hotel, 247 30'.S; center left wireless-tower, 251 

 06'.2; center right wireless-tower, 251 57'.1. 



Colon, Washington Hotel, Pa?mma, 1915, 1916. The sta- 

 tion of 1916, which is a close reoccupation of C. I. W. 

 station of 1915, is east of hotel grounds in Bolivar 

 Street near where it ends at sea-wall, and north- 

 northwest of Christ Episcopal Church, 8.97 meters 

 east of eastern wall of hotel grounds at fourth pillar, 

 20.70 meters southeast of pillar at junction of hotel 

 wall and sea-wall, 23.93 meters southwest of pillar at 

 end of sea-wall, and 41.43 meters northwest of lamp- 

 post at nearest corner of church; marked by large 

 wooden stake. True bearings: signal-pole on top of 

 Washington Hotel, 33 12'; light on east end of west 

 breakwater, 145 0S'.9; east end of east breakwater, 

 205 06'; lamp-post at corner of Christ Episcopal 

 Church, 325 21'. 



1 See page 286 under Siberia for description of 2 stations in Russia in Europe. 



