GULNAKE KOCK PBCKFORD ISLAND. 531 



Gulnare rock, bearing 142-, distant 1,400 yards from Steering 

 island, has less than 6 feet of water over it; Noggin hill open north- 

 eastward of Gander island, bearing 131° leads northeastward, and 

 the southeastern shore of Dog bay open northwestward of the north- 

 western Dog island, bearing 221° leads northwestward of this rock. 



Directions. — In entering Dog ba^'^ pass on either side of Steering- 

 island, observing the marks to clear Vesuvius and Gulnare rocks, and 

 thence in mid-channel between the northwestern Dog island and 

 Charle}^ island. Within Dog islands the bay is clear of shoals at a 

 moderate distance from its shores. 



Anchorag'e. — There is anchorage above Double islet at 3^^ miles 

 within Steering island, in 4 to 8 fathoms of water, mud bottom, be- 

 tween some islands and the northwestern shore; between the islands 

 and the southeastern shore the bottom is foul. 



Farewell head, the northern entrance point of Dog bay, is 243 

 feet high. 



Dog" Bay islands, the northern end of which bears 69° from Fare- 

 well head, is a group of islands and rocks extending north-northwest- 

 ward and south-southeastward 2f miles, and having a general height 

 of 20 to 40 feet, except the northern end of the northern island, which 

 is a hill 133 feet high. 



The channel between Farewell head and Dog Bay islands is about a 

 mile wide and clear southward to Vesuvius rock. 



Wadhani isla.nds, distributed tlirough the quadrant between 

 about 90° and 180° from cape Fogo, are seven in number, and, in- 

 cluding East-southeast ground and Frampton rock, extend in an 

 easterly and westerly direction for 13 miles, while between them and 

 the mainland westward of Penguin islands, are numerous islets and 

 reefs. 



Ice. — The northern ice generally arrives between January 10 and 

 20. 



Copper island, the western of these islands, is 192 feet high and 

 the highest of the group. 



Frampton rock, bearing 280°, distant 2^ miles from Copper island 

 summit, has 3 fathoms of water over it. 



Duck island, east-southeastward H miles from Copper island, is 

 generally low and rocky, with a small peak in its middle 69 feet high. 



White island, northeastward, nearly 1 mile from Duck island, is 

 remarkably barren, nearly flat-topped, 99 feet high, and of a white 

 color. At I mile eastward of White island is Shag islet, from which 

 shoals extend eastward and westward. 



Peckford islp^nd, southeastward 1 mile from White island, is tlie 

 largest island in the group ; at its northern end is a sharp peak 86 

 feet high. 



