688 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA. 



Cape Bauld [Lat. 51 38' 43" N.,_Long. 55 24' 30" W.] is the 

 northern point of Kirpon island, which lies at the northern end of 

 Newfoundland, and it is the southern entrance point of Belleisle 

 strait. Kirpon island is 3 miles long from north to south, 1| miles 

 wide, and separated from the mainland by a channel 100 yards wide. 

 Cape Bauld is a steep, rocky, barren point, around which the tidal 

 streams are strong, variable, and eddying. 



Light [Lat. 51 38' 43" N y Long. 55 24' 30" W.]. A brown 

 tower, having a height of 63 feet from base to vane, standing on a 

 concrete foundation 6 feet high and surmounted by a circular metal 

 lantern, painted white, with red roof, on the high ground about 230 

 yards within cape Bauld. exhibits at 187 feet above high water, a 

 flashing white light which shows one group of 2 flashes every 15 

 seconds, and should be seen from a distance of 20 miles in clear 

 weather. 



Fog signal. A diaphone horn, worked by compressed air, gives 

 a blast 01 7 seconds duration every 45 seconds, thus : blast, 7 seconds ; 

 silent interval, 38 seconds, during thick or foggy weather. The fog- 

 signal house is a rectangular, white building with a red roof, situated 

 50 feet eastward of the lighthouse, and the horn points northward. 



