752 EAST COAST OF LABKADOR. 



Water can be obtained in Tin ya vik. 



Directions. — Xo vessel should pass between Big reef, Southeast 

 rock, and Passage reef. The passage between the land and Passage 

 reef is safe for a steamer or sailing vessel with a commanding breeze, 

 but no breakers have been seen, even during a heav}- swell, off the 

 northwestern shore between the entrance and Razorback point. 



Pass close to Kamasuk, and after rounding it keep in the middle 

 of the bay till the Hudson Bay Company's post is reached. There is 

 fair anchorage off the post, but the water is deep, and the squalls are 

 heavy at times. 



Silver waterfall, eastward, 2^ miles from the Hudson Bay Com- 

 panj^'s post, is very conspicuous. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in Nachvak bay at 7h. 

 8m. ; springs rise 5 feet, neaps 3f feet. The tidal streams are weak 

 in this bay, the rate probably seldom exceeding 1 knot. 



North head of Nachvak bay is a bluff, bold-looking, and compara- 

 tiveh^ low point oposite Kamasuk. 



Between North head and Razorback point is a small sandy cove. 



Naked Man point, southwestward 1^ miles from North head, is so 

 named from a statue-like stone, some 20 feet high, standing on it 

 near the sea, and visible on northeasterly bearings. 



Razorback point, situated northward, distant 7 miles from Kama- 

 suk, rises to a sharp ridge, culminating in Mount Razorback, a peak 

 about 3,000 feet high, the southeastern side of which slopes smoothly, 

 and the northwestern is a succession of steps. 



A rock, 15 feet high, with a reef extending southward ^ mile from 

 it, bears 27°, distant 2 miles from Razorback point. 



The White Handkerchief, covering about 2 acres, and extending 

 from the sea to some 500 feet above it, is a very conspicuous square 

 of light-colored rock situated at the northern end of the deep circular 

 bight northwestward of Razorback point. The White Handkerchief 

 and mount Razorback are good marks. 



Nannktok ("VYhite Bear cape), bearing 350°, distant about 6 miles 

 from Razorback point, is a projecting light-colored cliffy headland, 

 rising perpendicularly to a sharp apex, about 1,000 feet high. 



Davidson rock bears about 61°, distant 5^ miles from Nanuktok, 

 and has less than 3 fathoms of water over it. North head of Nachvak 

 bay, open southeastward of Razorback point, bearing 204°, leads 

 southeastward; and mount Blow-me-down, open eastward of Nak- 

 sarektok, bearing 176°, leads eastward of this rock and Alexander 

 shoal. 



Alexander shoal, with about 3 fathoms of water over it, bears 

 350°, distant 10 miles from Davidson rock, and 71°, about the same 

 distance from the northern entrance point of Kamaktorvik bay. 



