Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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CANTON ISLAND From H.O. Chart 1211. 0 1 2 3 4 5 Scale of Miles. CANTON I. 71 (From H.O. Chart 1211) 0 1 2 3 4 5 Scale of Miles. N True Kou- Tamarindia 2 Coconuts Ent. Very narrow Shallow entrance This part of the lagoon with numerous coral heads. "Platforms." 7 coconut palms Obs. spot. S. 2°48'53'' W.171°42'06'' Kou- Cross reefs Tamarindia Trees Fairly free coral heads of Noni tree Seacova bushes with Tamarindia Noni tree. (Kou tree (The chart and detail of anchorage given on H.O. Chart 1211 are O.K.) For further details concerning Vegetation & Reefs in Lagoon See my large scale map.