The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-05-20
Positions of Isla nds, Roc ks and Shoals
some of them still very imperfectly
ascertained, from Long. $50, going

Positions of IsIn nds, Roc ks and Shoals,
some of them still very imperfectly
ascertained, from Long. $50, going
Westward. By CAPT. DANILL SMITH.
The Marshall, Gilbert, and Caroline groups, and
the Narianas or Ladrone Islands are not taken in
yet. They will form another list. Forgotten in my
last Krusenstern Rock Lat DC Is n Long 1859 81
West. Authority Admiral Krusenstern.
Merrel Island or Bank 29e 81 y, 17i7 81 E, doubt
full, Lieut.. Raper's Epitome.
ByeTs Island. iPatrocinio IS o09 n, 175o4S E,
(doubtful. Raper.
Rcode-Oro, 20 81 n, Isl o. Z, (doubtful Raper.
Broughton Rocks 345 # high, 80 5S' y, I39 IL E.
u :. Exploring Expedition.
Faisizio Island, (aidde, 80 O6' N 14O1 E, Raper.
South Island, 30 30 n, 14O 03' T. Krusenstern and
Raper.
Ponaiidin Island or Rock, sO7 so n, 14o9 Oe E,
Lieut.. Ponafidin.
Bayonaise Island or Rock, 81 OF n, 14Oa E, French
frigate Bayonaise.
Smith Island Rock, 81 : Is N, 1a9 so E. H. NJ.
Sail Rock, or Lots Wife, % AZ N, 14Oe 2g E, U. s.
S. Macedonia.
Malabriga Islands, q 90 n, 1457 25 E, Raper,
Grampus Islands Is 10 n, 14se 40 E, Raper,
sulphur Island volcanic, "a 49, n, 1H@ 90 E, Ra-
Reef, volcanic, 24e 49, n, 1Ae "a E, Napoleon ard
whaler.
San Alesandro Island, volcanic, Is : II n, 141 rs
L, Raper
Dionsio Island volcanic, "a % n l4 o2s E. Raper
Boniu Islands, extending North and South AZ miles.
Parry's Group, North Rock, q As n, 142 7O7' E,
RaPer.
Kater Island, North Rock, q 81 " 1925 IL f.
Peel Island, southwest islet, p oOg N, 1929 10 E,
Raper.
Port Lloyd, peel island, q eOe N, 1925 II E, Ra
Bailey Islands, south islet, 2s@ 3V N, 1925 10 E,
Raper, mot well ascertained).
Rosario Island. 2 10 \, l4O9 so E, Raper, mot
well asoertained).
Kendriek Island "a So n, 1874 E, Rater mot
well ascertained).
Rosa Island, "A IS y, 1905 40 E, Raper, mot well
ascertainedl
Borodiuo Islands. north one, 6eO2 n, ls1 Is Ra-
Parece yella, Sail Rock, 20 80 n, 1876 Oe <, Capt
Douglass.
Balras Rock, q : ~ n, 14O7 So E, Capt. Barras,
Mary Ann.
Lindsay Rock, 1se 20 n, lIe 2g E, Capt Lindsay,
Amelia.
CORVALLIS, smyth, SybilIa. Petrol or Gaspar Rico
heet, with islets ssh. and INV, 70 miles;
Northernmost clump u rocks in lat. II IL y,
long los $50 E. Lieut Brooke, U. s.N.
dacyon or Wakes Island, on which the Libelle was
wrecked in lS66 entrance to lagoon buat-pa sage,
49, 10 n. leo 20 Z. This island or reef placed
in ls : IL n, by the U. S. Exploring Expedition,
but by Capt Wood. Capt. Cargill and Capt. Eng
lish, who have just visited the wreck, as above,
viz: 10 : 10 N, loo : 30 L.
Marcus Island is marked doubtful most charts but
Capt. Gillett, in the Morning Star in 1864 passed
near island in lat. "a : o. n; long. 154 soy E.
Marshall or Jardine Islands, q small) q 40 y,
Isl IS 4. Some whalenIen affirm that they have
landed these rocks; others assert that they have
sailed over this position without seeing anything
Assumption Island, 300 # high, 70 Al n, las ~
L, Raper.
Uraocas Rocks, 20 To- 1i5 IS z, Raper
Faralon Island % 80 n, las : II L, Spanish Cor
yette Narvaez
Guy Rock, % 30 n. 145 80 L, Raper
Grigan Island. is 4S n l45 90 4 RaueT
Pagan Island, IS IS n, las As Z, Raper.
The three last positions not well ascertained,
In my first list stated that the Pearl and Hermes
Reef extended North and South so miles, East and
West co miles The U. S S. Lackavanna makes the
circumference Of the shoals ~ miles Mr. Whitney
Latitude and Longitude Of y E. point correct
POSITIONS COULD Sor Be FouND-sAILEp OVER. But NO
AcE nE saNn sun,Is or nncrs