KED ISLET ST. LUNAIRE EOAD. 371 



Red islet, in the entrance to Amelia cove, and eastward 200 yards 

 from Carentonne isJand, is 16 feet high, and a 2-fathom shoal ex- 

 tends sonthwe.stward abont 50 yards from it. 



Adelaide islet, bears 295°, distant ] mile from Flat rock, and a 

 shoal extends about east-southeastward 100 yards from it. Its 

 northern and western sides are steep-to. 



Elizabeth islet lies westward about 200 yards from Adelaide 

 islet ; there is deep Avater at 100 yards off it. 



Shoals. — Two shoal patches, with (> and 9 feet water over them, 

 respectively, lie northwestward, 450 yards, and west-northwestward, 

 the same distance from Carentonne island. 



Strawberry island, west-northwestward, distant 1,100 yards from 

 Elizabeth islet, is 59 feet high. A shoal patch, with 1| feet water 

 over it, bears 112°, 265 yards from this island, and southward 200 

 yards from it there are two patches, one of which is above high w^ater, 

 Avhile a line of shoals extends 350 j^ards toward North reef. 



North reef, on the northern side of Northwest bay and westward 

 600 yards from Strawberry island, extends southward about 400 

 yards from the land, and dries 1^ feet at low water. 



Leading mark. — The conspicuous peak, 246 feet high, and sit- 

 uated } mile northward of White Dog point, in line with the north- 

 ern end of Elizabeth islet, bearing 85°, leads southward of North reef 

 and the reefs off Strawberry island. 



Northwest bay entrance is betAveen Strawberry island and 

 Nymph island, and the bay, wdiich extends 1^ miles to the westward, 

 with a width of 600 to 250 yards, affords excellent anchorage in 6 to 

 21 fathoms water everywhere within the entrance. 



Nymph island, 92 feet high, separates Northwest bay from St. 

 Lunaire road. There is deep Avater at 100 yards off the outer points 

 on its northern coast. A rocky patch, Avith 3f fathoms Avater over 

 it, lies soutliAvard 200 yards from an islet near Nymph point, the 

 eastern point of the island. 



Middle bank, midAvay in the channel between Nymph island and 

 the rocks north of Granchain island, has 10 feet least Avater over it. 



Clearing" marks. — The eastern end of Carentonne island in line 

 with the middle of Adelaide islet, bearing 0°, leads eastAvard; the 

 western end of Red islet in line Avith the eastern end of x\delaide islet, 

 bearing 22°. leads AA^estward; White Dog point in line with the 

 southern end of Saint islet, bearing 86°, leads nortliAvard; and the 

 same point in line with the northern end of Coal islet, bearing 78°, 

 leads close southAvard of the bank. 



St. Lunaire road, soutliAvard of Nymph island, and betAveen it 

 and Granchain islands and the mainland, affords good anchorage, in 

 18 to 21 fathoms Avater, or off the entrance to SoutliAvest bay in 13 

 fathoms; the holding ground is good. 



