Difference between revisions of "Blunt, Santa Rosa Island"
From Islapedia
(Created page with " <span style="color:#FF0000">'''Blunt, Santa Rosa Island'''</span> is a survey station erected in May of 1871 by Stehman Forney, : “and stands on a smooth oval shaped hill...") |
|||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
: “and stands on a smooth oval shaped hill on the south face of the island about 1/4 of a mile from the beach and 1-1/2 miles from the west point of the island. The southwest face of the hill on which the signal stands is covered with small limestones. To the northwest of the hill is a deep gulch running about east and west down to the ocean.” | : “and stands on a smooth oval shaped hill on the south face of the island about 1/4 of a mile from the beach and 1-1/2 miles from the west point of the island. The southwest face of the hill on which the signal stands is covered with small limestones. To the northwest of the hill is a deep gulch running about east and west down to the ocean.” | ||
It was named by Forney to honor his colleague, G. W. Blunt. The station was remarked in 1934 by Charles K. Green with a standard disk stamped BLUNT 1872-1934. He stated: “the best way to reach the station is to make a boat landing at the small bight where an old abandoned shack is located about 3/4 mile from the west end of the island on the north side. Make for the top of the broad mesa that covers the west end of the island. The station location can be identified by a small knob on the edge of the mesa on the south side of the island.” This triangulation station appears on the Santa Rosa Island West topographic map. [UTM 10: North 3,763,591 East 757,472]. | It was named by Forney to honor his colleague, G. W. Blunt. | ||
The station was remarked in 1934 by Charles K. Green with a standard disk stamped BLUNT 1872-1934. He stated: | |||
: “the best way to reach the station is to make a boat landing at the small bight where an old abandoned shack is located about 3/4 mile from the west end of the island on the north side. Make for the top of the broad mesa that covers the west end of the island. The station location can be identified by a small knob on the edge of the mesa on the south side of the island.” | |||
This triangulation station appears on the Santa Rosa Island West topographic map. [UTM 10: North 3,763,591 East 757,472]. | |||
Revision as of 05:16, 21 November 2015
Blunt, Santa Rosa Island is a survey station erected in May of 1871 by Stehman Forney,
- “and stands on a smooth oval shaped hill on the south face of the island about 1/4 of a mile from the beach and 1-1/2 miles from the west point of the island. The southwest face of the hill on which the signal stands is covered with small limestones. To the northwest of the hill is a deep gulch running about east and west down to the ocean.”
It was named by Forney to honor his colleague, G. W. Blunt.
The station was remarked in 1934 by Charles K. Green with a standard disk stamped BLUNT 1872-1934. He stated:
- “the best way to reach the station is to make a boat landing at the small bight where an old abandoned shack is located about 3/4 mile from the west end of the island on the north side. Make for the top of the broad mesa that covers the west end of the island. The station location can be identified by a small knob on the edge of the mesa on the south side of the island.”
This triangulation station appears on the Santa Rosa Island West topographic map. [UTM 10: North 3,763,591 East 757,472].
