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CHAP. XI.] FALSE AND GREAT DURIAN ISLAND. 419
W. by N., distant 2^ miles ; and Rocky islet S. ^ E. three-quarters of a
mile.
Rocky islet kept westward of S. by W., until the peak of False Durian
bears West, leads clear and eastward of the shoal.
GREAT DURIAN or Pulo Sanglar, about 4 miles N.N.W.
of the North Brother, is 3| miles in extent, with a peak near its centre
965 feet high.
The Tombs is the n-jme given to some islets and reefs, extending
about three-quarters of a mile from the soathern part of Great Durian.
A small coral reef lies about half a mile south-westward of the Tombs
and about a mile S.E. by S. from the south-west point of Great Durian.
Between this reef and the Tombs are depths of 12 fathoms, and
from 15 to 27 fathoms at a short distance from both dangers. Great
Durian peak bearing North, and False Durian peak bearing S.W. ^ W.,
will lead about half a mile clear of the western and southern sides of both
dangers.
Little Durian, 590 feet high and 2 miles in extent, lies close off
the north-west extreme of Great Durian. Some rocks lie close to the
south-west shore of Little Durian, and a small islet with a rock outside it
Me off the north-west point.
South Passage Island, situated three-quarters of a mile from
the south-west coast of Little Durian, is 204 feet high, about half a mile
in extent, and surrounded by rocks lying close to the shore.
North Passage Island, 156 feet high, is 2 cables in extent, and
lies N.W. by N. 2J miles from South Passage island.
Princes Island, lies abreast of and 2| miles distant from North
Passage island, on the western side of Durian strait ; it is low, of coral
formation, covered with trees about 100 feet high, and having a round and
conspicuous appearance. On the eastern side there is a coral ledge, nearly
awash at low water, and extending 3 cables ; a reef apparently extends half
a mile S.W. of the island.
The Strait of Sanglar may be considered one of the southern
entrances to Durian strait, although it is but partially surveyed, and does
not offer any advantages to induce a vessel to proceed through it, but on
the contrary is very inferior to either of the other channels. It lies to the
northward of Great and Little Durian, and is bounded on the north by the
islands of Jang, Moro, and the Monkey group. The strait is about one
mile wide, and divided by two islands, which reduces the width of the
navigable channel to the northward of those islands to little moi-e than
half a mile.
The depths between Eastern bank and Great Durian vary from 14 to 9
fathoms. Large vessels should not, however, go nearer to the east coast of
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