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446 VAEEIiLA AND DURIAN STRAITS. [chap. xi.<br />

A rock, with 3 feet water, and 4 to 9 fathoms close-to, lies W. f S., nearly<br />

one mile from the south-west point of Little Ahang. Close to the west<br />

side of Great Abang is Tortel islet, and W. f S. nearly 1^ miles from this<br />

islet is Hippomenes rock, awash, with 7 to 13 fathoms around it.<br />

CameleOU Rock is small, about one foot above high water, with<br />

7 to 11 fathoms close to its west side, and some patches of 3 and 2^ fathoms<br />

from a quarter to half a mile northward and north-eastward of it. From<br />

the rook the apex of Potong bears N.N.W. distant 6| miles, and the south<br />

point of Little Abang E. | N. distant about 7 miles.<br />

Potong, if not brought to the westward of North, will lead well clear to<br />

the westward of Irene, and Cameleon rocks.<br />

Potong Island, lying 5 miles W.N.W. from Great Abang, has<br />

several hills, one of which is 462 feet high. <strong>The</strong> island is surrounded<br />

by numerous islets and rocks, which, off its south-east side, extend three-<br />

quarters of a mile. Off the noi-tii-east side the depths are irregular and<br />

somewhat shoal, 3;^ fathoms being found at two-thirds of a mile, and<br />

2^ fathoms at one-third of a mile from the shore. Off its west side<br />

isolated and sunken patches extend about one mile south-west from its<br />

north-west extreme.<br />

Pulo Anak Potong, composed of two islets nearly one mile in<br />

-extent, lies about 2^ miles westward of Potong island, with apparently<br />

depths of 12 to 18 fathoms in the channel between.<br />

Gull rock or islet, lies one mile west-north-westward of Anak<br />

Potong ; westward and northward of it are patches of 4 to 5 fathoms.<br />

ABANG- STRAIT.—Between Dedap and Little Abang is Abang<br />

strait, reduced to the breadth of one mile by two islets which lie half a<br />

mile off the north-west end of Dedap, and by the Sapientu islets and rocks,<br />

the outer edge of which is three-quarters of a mile from the south-east end<br />

of Little Abang. <strong>The</strong> depths near the islets are 7 fathoms, with 12 in<br />

mid-channel, increasing to 20 or 30 fathoms between the north point of<br />

Pangallap and the Nio islets. See directions at page 456.<br />

DUMPO STRAIT, about 7 miles in length in a north-west and<br />

«outh-east direction, and 3 miles in breadth, lies between the Abang<br />

islands and Pulo Galang. Pringiiig reefs extend from 2 to 4 cables from<br />

the islands bordering the strait.<br />

Dumpo strait affords easy and safe navigation, the fairway being<br />

perfectly free from danger, and the following rocks lie so near the islands<br />

that they may be easily avoided. Haai reef, a patch of 2 fathoms, lies<br />

a quarter of a mile S.S.E. from Pulo Dumpo ; a 6-feet rock, E.S.E. half a<br />

mile from the south-west.point of Galang ; a rock above water, E. by S. one<br />

third of a mile from the north point of Great Abang ; and Fenjabung

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