734 EAST COAST OF LABEADOK. 



rising to a conical hill from 300 to 400 feet in height, on the western 

 and eastern of which are cairns. From oil' the northern of these to 

 Hopedale is a straight run. 



Nanuaktok (White Bear island), bearing 328°, distant 8 J miles 

 from the northern Turnavik island, is flat and about 50 feet high, 

 and is fringed by low rocks. 



TJyarazuksulik (Two stones), west-northwestward, distant 6| 

 miles from Nanuaktok, is so called from two remarkable blocks of 

 stone on the southeastern side ; it is separated from Gull island to the 

 west-northwestward by a channel x% mile wide, in which is a rock that 

 breaks. Rocks extend eastward y% mile from this island. 



Gull island (Nauyaksigaluk) is 210 feet high, and faced by 

 cliffs. The outer islets are two low islets lying northeastward 3| 

 miles from it, with sunken rocks northeastward, northwestward, and 

 southwestward of them. Rocks lie southwestward ^ mile from Gull 

 island. 



Two low islets are separated by a channel 1,600 yards wide from 

 the northwestern end of Gull island, and a rock lies halfway between 

 them and the outer islets off Gull island. 



Some difficulty has been experienced in distinguishing the islands 

 shown on the chart between Gull island and Kingitok. 



Kingitok are two remarkable islands lying southwestward, 7 miles 

 from Gull island ; both are dark and basaltic ; the eastern island, 370 

 feet high, appears conical from all directions; the western, 330 feet 

 high, shows conical only from northeastward and southwestward; 

 they are excellent marks. 



Hopedale harbor, westward about 9 miles from the western 

 Kingitok island, is a small bay in the mainland protected from the 

 eastward by the islands of Anniowaktook (Big Snow hill), 468 feet 

 high, and Anniowaktorusek (Little Snow hill), 122 feet high. 



The bay is about ^ mile in extent, with rather uneven bottom of 

 sand, gravel, and, here and there, rock. The approach from the 

 southeastward is clear; but a rock awash lies about 200 yards east- 

 ward of Seneraluk, a white rock 2 feet high, which is situated east- 

 ward, 200 yards from the northern entrance point of the harbor. 



Anchorage in 6 to 10 fathoms of water, with good holding ground, 

 can be obtained off the Moravian missionary settlement; it is a con- 

 venient temporary anchorage for fishing vessels. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, at Hopedale, at 5h. 38m. ; 

 springs rise 7 feet, neaps 4 feet. 



Mission station. — The Moravian mission settlement at Hopedale, 

 which was founded in 1782, is on the northern shore of the harbor. 

 Three missionaries were stationed here in 1905. The church can 

 accommodate 300 people. About 100 Innuit natives occupy 25 houses. 



