Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.1): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe
49G STRAIT OF MAGALHAENS. FEET. Cape Possession 300 Est. Table Mountain behind Cape Gregory 1500 to 2000 Est. Point Santa Anna (Port Famine) 104 Ang. Mount St. Philip do. 1308 Ang. Mount Graves, North Summit (Dawson Island) 1315 Ang. Do. South do. do. 1498 Ang. Lomas Range, the highest part over Port San Antonio . 2963 Ang. , „ .„ ,v r 2603 Bar. 4 Obs. Mount Tarn (Peak at the N. E. end) \ 2852 Ang. Mount Buckland, Gabriel Channel 4000 Est. Mount Boqueron (entrance of Magdalen Channel) 3000 Est. Mount Sarmiento (bottom of do. ) 6800 Ang. Pyramid Hill ( do. do. ) 2500 Ang. Cape Froward (Land behind the Morro) 2500 Est. Cape Holland 1800 Est. Mount Pond 2500 Est. „ ^ ^ ,, f 22Q0 Bar. Mount Cross, Port Gallant < ^^q ^j,„ g Qbs. Average height of the land near Sea Reach 1000 to 2500 Est. OUTER COAST OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO. Kater Peak, on Hermite Island 1742 Bar. 4 Obs. Bell Mount, near Strait le Maire 4000 Est.* Noir Island 600 Est. SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. WESTERN COAST OF PATAGONIA. Mount Bumey 4800 Ang. Cape Three Points 2000 Est. Mountain within Kelly Sound 1 540 Ang. Sugar Loaf (Marine Islands, in Holloway Sound) 1836 Ang. Dome of St. Paul ( do. do. ) 2284 Ang. Highest peak of Juan Fernandez (The Yungue, or Anvil) 3005 Ang. » 2,600 Ang. R. F.
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