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The results obtained in the bay and near the entrance have not been so 

 good as those from the channel between Medidor and Pacora islands. 



Five miles off the entrance to Bahia Honda is Isla Canal de Afuera, 

 and 6% miles southwest of this, the relatively large island, Isla Coiba, 

 with a length of 21 ^ miles and a width of 13 miles. South of the western 

 part of the Isla Coiba and 3% miles from it is the triangular island, Isla 

 Jicaron, 3% miles by 3 miles ; and ^ mile south of this again Isla Jicarita, 

 1 mile by % mile. The northeast side of Jicarita is low and quite arid ; 

 the south shore is a perpendicular bluff and the west is much similar, 

 although there are some small coves with a background of palm trees. 

 There are one shore station on rock, with coral masses, on the northeast- 

 ern part of the island, and dredging stations, one east of the northern part 

 of the island, one to the west of the island, and one at the western en- 

 trance of the channel between Jicarita and Jicaron. 



From Punta Jabali southeastward there is a wide bight, extending 50 

 miles to Punta Mariato, with a large bay, Bahia Montijo, largely shut 

 off from the open ocean by Isla Cebaco, extending northward 17 miles 

 from the central portion. The first 15 miles of the shore of the bight is 

 relatively rugged, but most of the remainder, especially that around Bahia 

 Montijo, is quite low. 



Punta Mariato is the southwestern point of a rectangular peninsula 

 that lies between Bahia Montijo and the approach to the Gulf of Pana- 

 ma. The south shore extends 56 miles from Punta Mariato to Cape 

 Mala, the southeastern point. The first portion is bold, but the remainder 

 is low, although the deep water comes in quite close to the shore through- 

 out the w T hole distance. 



The west coast of the Gulf of Panama, extending from Cape Mala to 

 the entrance to the Panama Canal, consists of two bights, a larger one, 

 25 miles across and 40 miles deep, and a much smaller one, 17 miles across 

 and 8 miles deep, which forms the western part of Panama Bay. The 

 whole coast is low, and the near-by water shallow. There are no signifi- 

 cant, secondary irregularities. 



South of the Balboa entrance to the Panama Canal, and 9 miles from 

 it, are the two islands, Taboga and Taboguilla, 2 miles apart, with other 

 islets and rocks in the neighborhood. Taboga is 2% miles long and 

 1^4 miles wide, almost divided into two parts by a cove on each side. Ta- 

 boguilla is 1 mile long and % mile wide. Both islands are wooded. Shore 

 collecting in tide pools, on rocks, and on coral masses on Taboga and 



