742 EAST COAST OF LABEADOK. 



From westward of this low islet a course of 313°, followed for 5 

 miles, leads southwestward of Tiinungayiialuk, a large island with 

 steep tree-covered sides, to a narrow tickle, passing- northeastward of 

 a group of conical and mound-shaped islets. Round the western 

 point of Tunungayualuk at a distance of at least 400 yards, to clear 

 a shoal stretching off it, and leave some low islets to the southwest- 

 ward. Two channels then open : the western is narrow, with only 2 

 fathoms of water in it, and at its northern end is the bay, on the 

 western shore of which Zoar, a Moravian missionary station, is situ- 

 ated. From the northern end of this channel steer to leave Tuk- 

 tuinak (the island between the two channels) ^ mile off, to avoid a 

 rock that breaks, and then 30°, for 3 miles nearly, to pass eastward 

 of a low island promontory, on the northeastern end of which is an 

 Eskimo hut. 



By the deeper channel, keep midway between Tunungayualuk and 

 Tuktuinak. until the second channel running northwestward is open. 



Tuktuinak has a steep cliff at its eastern end, that rises to a hill 600 

 feet high, and in the northwestern part of the island, separated by a 

 deep gully, is a sloping greenish hill. 



Tunungayaksoak, northeastward of Tuktuinak, is wedge-shaped, 

 the summit being near its southwestern end, off which, close-to, is a 

 shoal. Proceed between Tuktuinak and Tunungayaksoak, passing 

 northeastward 200 yards from an islet 5 feet high. From the north- 

 western end of this channel steer 320° to the low island promontory, 

 on which is the Eskimo hut. From Zoar bay the land trends north- 

 northwestward and is made up of high green hills with raised ter- 

 raced beaches on the slopes, surrounding deep indentations. From 

 northeastward of the island promontory pass close westward of Ach- 

 pitok (an island with a deep cove, that affords anchorage in 12 

 fathoms of water), and between it and the mainland. Continuing 

 nortliAvard, pass eastward of an islet about 30 feet high, then turn 

 northwestward and pass close southwestward of Nuasornak (Dog), 

 a conical island 400 feet high, and northeastward of a dark islet, 40 

 feet high, to the coast of Kikkertavak, a large island 600 feet high. 



Keep about 400 yards distant from Kikkertavak till the narrow 

 channel between it and Taktuk is reached ; passing southwestward of 

 Nochalik, a high island with a deep ravine through the northwestern 

 part, which it nearly disconnects; westward of Nukasusutok, a dark 

 island about 800 feet high, falling in cliffs on the northwestward; 

 and southwestward of Niatak, an island with two prominent hills 

 about 300 feet high, smooth slopes on the southern side, and deep bays 

 with cliffs on the northern. 



Taktuk (Fog) is a small island, about 150 feet high, with its south- 

 western coast fringed bv bowlders: there is an Eskimo hut at the 



