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GEOGBAPHICAL POSITIONS. 



THE PASSAGE ISLANDS. 



LAT. N. 



LONG. W. 



Little Inagua : 

 East Point... 

 N.W. Point 



Turk's Islands : 



Endymion Reef 



Sand Kay, centre 



Salt Kay, centre 



Grand Kay, Hawk's 



Nest 



Square Handkerchief, N.E 

 detached Breaker 



S.E. extremity 



Western extremity 



Silver Kay, or Plate Bank : 



East End (10 fathoms). 



S.E. Point 



N.W. Point 



S.W. Point 



Bajo de Navidad, or Ship 

 Bank : 



Northern Extremity ... 



Eastern Extremity 



South Extremity 



21 29 

 21 30 30 



21 7 15 

 21 11 12 

 21 20 



21 26 15 



21 6 30 

 20 48 30 

 20 55 30 



20 35 20 

 20 15 

 20 55 

 20 17 20 



20 14 

 20 2 

 19 51 30 



VAK. 



WK?T. 



15J5. 



AUTHOEITIES. 



The Surveys of Captain 

 Richard Owen, Captain E 

 Barnett, Lieut. T. Smith, 

 R.N., &c. 



The Surveys of Mr. Anthony 

 De Mayne, &c. 



NOTES. 



1. Matanilla Bank. — Matanilla Bank, to the northward of the reef, was not repre- 

 sented in Mr. De Mayne's Chart, although given in that of the Spanish Surveyors. It 

 was examined by Captain Edward Barnett, R.N., in 1846, and the positions corrected 

 accordingly. 



2. Nassau. — The position appears to be finally settled as in the Table. The Spanish 

 Surveyors gave the town as in lat. 25° 4' 33" N., long. 77' 19' 30" W. Mr. De Mayne as 

 in 25° 5' 18" N., 77° 19' W. 



3. Diamond Point of the Mucaras. — The Mucaras, Lavanderas, and Lobos, with 

 the dangers on the bank in the vicinity, were surveyed, with great care, by Captain 

 Edward Barnett. This portion of the bank was formerly represented, as in the Spanish 

 Charts, rather more to the South, and 6' more to the East. 



4. Rum Kay. — This island was formerly very erroneously represented on the charts, 

 both as to magnitude and position. The white cliffs at the S.E. end are remarkable, and 

 may be seen 18 miles off. 



5. Castlb Isle. — This point appears to b« finally settled. Former observations gave 

 lat. 22° 7' 45" N., long. 74° 17' 30" W. 



The Vakiation of the Compass is decreasing among the Bahama Islands, at the rate of 

 about S^' per annum. 



