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fible cliffy hummocks; a sharp bend south westward and another 

 northwestward, each about 1 mile long, lead into an open channel, 

 whence steer 359°, to an islet 120 feet high in Hopedale approach. 



By the outer track. — From cape Aillik pass northeastward of 

 Gull rock, then northeastward 800 yards from the reefs situated 

 between Gull rock and the islet off the northern Turnavik island; 

 thence steer 320° to f mile northeastward of Nanuaktok, passing, after 

 running 5 miles, southwestward f mile from a rock that breaks. 

 From Nanuaktok, steer to pass northward of the reef off Uyara- 

 zuksulik and Gull island. From close northward of Gull island 

 steer 219° for 2| miles, thence 258°, for 11 miles, through the passage 

 northward of Kingitok between two large groups of islands, and to 

 Hopedale approach. 



The track from Nanuaktok northeastward of the first group of 

 islets northeastward of Kingitok, and thence as above, has been taken. 



Hopedale to Wain. — From Hopedale northward to Windy tickle, 

 and thence to cape Harrigan, either keep quite outside, or inside the 

 islands. The islets and rocks are so closely studded together, and so 

 many breakers show with even a moderate sea, that, until surveyed, 

 navigation among them is dangerous. 



From Hopedale pass through the narrow channel northw^ard of the 

 anchorage, and westward of Achvitoaksoak, a dark-cliffed island; 

 then steer 337° for 3^ miles and pass westward of Napakataktalik, 

 a dark cliffy island, and between it and a small black rock 3 feet high. 

 From Napakataktalik steer about 359° for lOf miles and pass 

 between a round islet, 120 feet high, on the east, and Multa, a high 

 sharp-peaked island on the west. The above course passes at 3 miles 

 from Napakataktalik close eastward of an islet 10 feet high and at 

 4 miles eastward of a cliff-faced island. From the islet, 120 feet 

 high, a 377° course for 2^ miles leads to the entrance of Windy 

 tickle. 



If, after passing the cliff-faced island at 4 miles from Napakatak- 

 talik, the ice be close in, a 305° course for 3 miles leads southwest- 

 ward of Napatalik, which has a peak 500 feet high, and thence a 

 mid-channel course between the mainland and the group of islands, 

 of which Napatalik is the southern, leads to Windy tickle. 



Kikkertaksoak islands, northeastward about 6^ miles from 

 Napatalik, are two in number and are the only prominent islands 

 seaward of the above-described tracks; they have two sharp peaks, 

 each about 250 feet high, and reefs stretch from and lie off them in 

 all directions. 



Two rocks, the southern of which is 10 feet high and the other 

 awash at high water, bear 8°, distant 1 mile and 2 miles, respectively, 

 from the northern end of the northeastern Kikkertaksoak. Between 



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