CAPE LA HUNE LA HUNE BAY. 217 



Cape la Hune, a peninsula joined to the mainland by a shingle 

 beach with ^a castellated rock in the middle, has three peaks. The 

 northeastern, 424 feet high, terminates southeastward in Long point, 

 a rugged, curved neck of land that forms Cape cove, which is 700 

 yards deep, with anchorage in 9 to 11 fathoms water, but open to the 

 southward. The w^estern peak is a remarkable cone 579 feet high. 



A rock with 15 feet water over it lies 100 yards southward of the 

 cape at 100 yards westward of the w^estern entrance point of Cape 

 cove. 



Watch rock, bearing 172°, distant 8| miles from cape la Hune, 

 and 89°, distant 5| miles from Harbor island, is awash at low water, 

 and the summit of a bank on which there are several shoals of less 

 than 15 fathoms. 



Of these shoals, Pinnacle shoal, wdth 4 fathoms of water over it, 

 bears 207°, distant 1-^^ miles; and a shoal, with 6 fathoms of water, 

 bears 255°, distant If miles from Watch rock; the sea breaks on both 

 in heavy weather. 



Peng-uin islands, a group of numerous islands and rocks occu- 

 pying a space of more than 1 mile square, are situated about south- 

 southwestward, distant 9f miles from cape la Hune. 



Harbor island, the eastern island, is the largest and 78 feet high. 

 On its southern side is a small cove where boats shelter, but a heavy- 

 sea rolls in with southerly winds. The passages between the islands 

 are not navigable by ships. 



Mile rock, bearing 68°, distant ly'^ miles from Harbor island, has 

 9 feet of water over it and is steep-to. 



La Hune bay. — West point of la Hune bay bears 326°, distant 

 700 yards from the northwestern point of cape la Hune, and la 

 Hune bay extends thence northward 6^ miles with an average width 

 of 800 yards to a mile from its head, where it narrows to about 300 

 yards. 



There is excellent anchorage at the head of the bay in 10 to 13 

 fathoms water, mud bottom. 



The eastern shore of the bay is an almost continuous line of cliffs, 

 over 1,000 feet high, terminated northward by Northeast cove, an 

 indentation 600 yards in extent, with a sand spit 200 yards from its 

 southeastern shore, and another the same distance from its head. 

 There is good anchorage in this cove in 14 fathoms water at 300 

 yards offshore. 



Deadman cove, at the southern end of the cliffs, extends eastward 

 600 yards. There are two waterfalls on its northern side, where 

 water is easily procured. The cove affords anchorage in 12 to 15 

 fathoms water, good holding ground. 



A rock, with 15 feet of water over it, bears 301°, distant 200 yards 

 from the southern entrance point of Deadman coA'e. 



