United States Coast Pilot: The Hawaiian Islands1919 - Pilot guides |
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1½ miles 12 fathoms anchor anchorage Barbers Point berth black lava black rocks Blonde Reef breakers breakwater Cape Halawa Cape Kumukahi channel church cliff close inshore covered with sugar crater deep gulch depth distance easterly end eastward extends feet high Hawaii Hawaiian Islands Hilo Honolulu Kaena Point Kahoolawe Kahuku Point Kahului Kalae Kauai Kauiki Head Kaunakakai Kawaihae Bay Koko kona weather Lanai latitude lava flow light Lisiansky Island longitude Mahukona Makapuu Makapuu Head marked Maui Midway Islands mile inland mile offshore miles long miles northward miles southeastward miles westward miles wide mill Molokai mooring buoys Mount Hualalai mountains Niihau northeast trades northerly end numerous Oahu open bight peak Peninsula Pepeekeo precipitous railroad ridge sand beach sandy bottom shelter shoal slopes small craft southeast southerly side southward southwesterly steamers steep sugar cane trade winds true Upolu Point vicinity village Waianae Waimea Bay westerly side wharf yards
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Page 53 - Haifa mile long ENE and WSW, the smaller, a mere sand-bank, about a quarter of a mile in diameter. Breakers extend to the northward nearly 1£ miles, and a bank surrounds the reef, extending in a south-easterly direction 5 or 6 miles, with 10 to 20 fathoms. There is anchorage about th/ee quarters of a mile SSE from the flag-staff on the large islet.
Page 29 - Anchorages are numerous, except on the northerly and easterly sides of the islands, the first requirement under ordinary conditions being shelter from the trade winds. During Kona weather most of the anchorages on the southerly and westerly sides of the islands are unsafe.
Page 30 - The currents around Oahu are variable in strength and direction, but the general movement of the water along the coast is westward or northwestward, the direction being modified by the trend of the coast.
Page 25 - ... southerly side the slopes are gradual, cut up with gorges, and terminate in a narrow strip of rolling land near the coast. On the westerly side the land slopes gently, is cut up by gulches, and here and there an extinct crater can be seen. About 10 miles from the westerly -end of the island the plain is only a few hundred feet high and is marked here and there by prominent blow-holes. The entire westerly end...
Page 1 - Section I. The jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Islands shall extend and be exclusive for the distance of one marine league seaward, surrounding each of the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau; commencing at low water mark on each of the respective coasts of said islands. ' The marine jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Islands shall also be exclusive in all the channels passing between the respective islands, and dividing them; which jurisdiction shall extend from island...
Page 26 - During the day the limits of the reef can generally be told by the breakers, but at night vessels are cautioned to give this coast a good berth.
Page 46 - Necker Island is surrounded by a bank with 14 fathoms and upward, the extent of which is not accurately known; the most probable limits are 15 miles northeastward, 30 miles southeastward, 5 miles southwestward, and 7 miles northwestward. Except on the northeast side, the edges of the bank are abrupt.
Page 39 - The currents generally follow the winds, though frequently setting in the opposite direction during the first calms after strong trade winds.