MISTAKEN COVE GREEN ISLAND ROCK, 357 



Mistaken cove, east-northeastward, 1,700 yards from Nameless 

 point, is nearly dry at low water; the land around the cove is low 

 and covered with vegetation. 



Savage cove, northeastward, l-fjj miles from Mistaken cove, 

 affords good anchorage to small vessels in 13 feet water, and is easj^ 

 of access. The entrance is northeastward of Cooper island, which is 

 nearly joined to the southern shore, and on which are the fishing 

 establishments. Strong northwesterly winds produce a heavy sw^ell 

 in the cove. 



Tides. — -It is high water, full and change, in Savage cove at about 

 lOh. 45m. ; springs rise about 4^ feet. 



Sandy cove, east-northeastward 1 mile from Savage cove, affords 

 anchorage for small vessels in 4| fathoms water, sheltered from 

 southerly and easterly winds. 



Double ledge, about 800 yards offshore at 2 miles northeastward 

 from Sandy cove, is nearly awash at low^ water. 



Poynes Cove rock, | mile off shore at 1^ miles west-southwestward 

 of Green island, has 6 feet of water over it. 



Green island lies f mile off shore at 14 miles northeastward of 

 Sandy cove; it is about 1,300 yards long in a northeasterly and south- 

 westerly direction, narrow^, and 10 feet high, with its top covered 

 with grass. There are three fishing huts close together near the 

 middle of the island, which can be seen from a distance of about 10 

 miles in clear weather. 



Green Island rock.^Shoal water extends east-northeastward 1 

 mile from the eastern end of Green island, and Green Island rock, 

 which has two heads with less than 6 feet water over them, and on 

 which the sea breaks heavily w^ith any swell, lies Avithin the shoal 

 water at about 800 yards from the island. 



Shoal water of less than 3 fathoms extends southwestward about 

 600 yards, and southward 300 to 500 yards from Green island. 



Anchorage. — There is anchorage in 5 to 6 fathoms between the 

 eastern end of the island and the mainland, with fair shelter except 

 from northeasterly wands. The holding gi^ound is indi^erent, being 

 hard and stony. 



Directions. — Enter the anchorage from the eastward. Approach 

 with the houses on the western side of Green Island brook, which 

 flows into the sea at If miles eastw^ard of Green island, bearing a 

 little westward of 146° ; when the southwestern end of Green island 

 bears 259°, steer about 251°, along the mainland at a distance of 600 

 to 800 yards, and anchor when the northeastern end of the island 

 bears 315°, distant nearly ^ mile. The Newfoundland coast must 

 not be closed, as shoal water extends nearly 400 yards from it. 



Tides. — It is high Avater, full and change, at Green island at about 

 lOh. 20m. ; springs rise about 3 J feet. The streams run at the rate of 



