708 EAST COAST OF LABEADOK. 



Directions. — For Isthmus bay, after passing Curlew island, steer 

 in mid-channel between Green island and the Goat shore until the 

 summit of Stunk island is shut in with the southern end of Green 

 island, bearing 69°. Keep this mark on until the western side of 

 Tinker island just overlaps the northeastern point of Long island, 

 bearing 24°, which mark on astern leads between the shoal water off 

 Toomie point and that off Cartwright island. Anchor in the mouth 

 of Southeast cove, or farther up Isthmus bay in mid-channel, not 

 bringing the islet near the head of the bay to bear less than 142°. 



Sandwich bay. — Horse Chops island lies west-northwestward, 

 distant 12 miles from Pinch- Gut island, and the entrance to Sandwich 

 bay, in which there are several islands, lies between them. Sandwich 

 bay extends southwestward and 10 miles from the entrance to two 

 narrow channels, and thence southward 15 miles, with an average 

 breadth of 6 miles, to several streams at the head. 



Hare islands, westward 1^ miles from Pinch-Gut island, are two 

 in number, and both are high, conical, and steep-to, except off the 

 southwestern point of the western island. 



Anchorage can be obtained southward of these islands in 10 fathoms 

 of water. 



Hare rock, bearing 326°, distant ^ mile from the northeastern end 

 of the western Hare island, has 7 feet of water over it ; sometimes the 

 sea breaks on this rock, but at other times its position is not shown in 

 any way. 



Ponipey island, northwestward, distant 2 miles from Pinch-Gut 

 island, is 145 feet high, round and barren, and an islet, 20 feet high, 

 lies off its northeastern end. 



Ponipey rock, bearing 0°, distant nearly 2 miles from the middle 

 of Pompey island, breaks at low water, and there are depths of 11 to 

 17 fathoms close around it. The summit of cape North in line with 

 the northeastern point of Long island, bearing 105°, leads 400 yards 

 southward ; and the northern end of Independent island, open north- 

 ward of Seal islet, bearing 293°, leads 500 yards northward of the 

 rock. 



Seal islet, northwestward 4^ miles from Pompey island, is 35 feet 

 high and surrounded by shoals and rocks to the distance of | mile. 



Red island lies westward about 1,600 yards from Pompey island. 



Passages. — ^The passage between Seal islet and Independent island 

 should not be attempted until it has been further examined. The 

 passage between Pompey and Red islands also requires caution, as 

 depths of 5 to 6 fathoms have been obtained in it, besides a depth of 4 

 fathoms at about a mile southwestward of Pompey island and south- 

 Avard of Red island. H. B. M. S. " Scylla " passed between Pompey 

 and Red islands in 1905 and obtained a least depth of 5 fathoms. 



