SHOAL POINT DUCK ISLAND. 697 



width of U miles, and its summit is 310 feet high. There is an alter- 

 nation of black and white cliffs on its eastern coast. 



Castle Dermot is a cliffy islet close off the eastern coast at TOO 

 yards from Southeast point, and Keady rocks, the highest of which is 

 48 feet high, lie 800 yards oft' the same coast at f mile farther to the 

 northward. 



Southeast point of Spotted island, bearing 11°, distant lj;% miles 

 from Domino point, rises to a conical hill 205 feet high. 



Shoal point lies west-southwestward, distant 1,600 yards from 

 Southeast point, and the bay between Shoal point and South Black 

 head, situated 1 mile westward from it, is ^ mile deep and affords 

 oi:)en anchorage in 7 fathoms of water during offshore winds. Spot- 

 ted Island harbor is a good boat harbor close under the conspicuous 

 white houses at its head. 



The coast of Spotted island, from South Black head, trends west- 

 northwestward for 2^ miles to North Black head, and is foul for 600 

 yards offshore. Green island, open southward of South Black head, 

 bearing 112°, leads close southward of the shoal water. 



At North Black head the coast gradually turns north-northeast- 

 ward for about If miles to Back Cove point, whence it trends east- 

 southeastward, f mile to the northwestern entrance point of Griffin 

 harbor. This coast is steep-to. 



Harbor rock, with 3f fathoms over it, bears 45°, distant 300 yards 

 from the northwestern entrance point of Griffin harbor. 



GriflB.n harbor extends 800 yards southwestward with a width of 

 800 yards, and affords excellent anchorage at its bead, in 4 fathoms of 

 water, except in northeasterly winds. 



Farmer cove, east-southeastward, about a mile from Griffin har- 

 bor, extends nearly 1:^ miles southward ; it is open northward and 

 rarely used as an anchorage. Harbor island lies in the entrance. 



Farmer ledge, with 3 fathoms of water over it, bears 7°, distant 

 f mile from the eastern headland of Farmer cove. 



Wedge or Shag island, north-northwestward, ly*V miles from the 

 eastern headland of Farmer cove, is 89 feet high at its northwestern 

 end. A shoal, with 4 fathoms of water over it, bears 20°. distant 

 300 yards from Wedge island summit. 



Dooley ledge, with 6 fathoms of water over it, bears 22°, distant 

 1,400 yards from Gull Battery rock, and is said to break in heavy 

 weather. Gull Battery rock, 11 feet high is 200 yards north-north- 

 eastward from the northeastern point of Spotted island. 



Duck island, westward, f mile from the western point of Spotted 

 island, is f mile long, northwestward and southeastward, and 122 

 feet high. Grappling islet, 18 feet high, lies eastward 300 yards 

 from Duck island, and a rock, awash at low water, lies southward 

 200 vards from the islet. 



