BASS HARBOR RESET (PE1836)
State: ME
County: Hancock
Quad: Bass Harbor
Location: N 44° 13.464' W068° 20.099'
Elevation: 121 ft.
Designation: BASS HARBOR RESET 1902
Setting: Outcropping Bedrock
Type: Bolt
Year: 1902
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 11 September 2007
NGS Official Description, 1902 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1902 ON A HILL ON BASS HARBOR HEAD, MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, ABOUT 300 METERS NE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE SUMMIT OF THE HILL IS BARE AND ROCKY AND THE STATION IS A COPPER BOLT SET IN A HOLE IN A ROCK.
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...NGS Bolt BASS HARBOR RESETN 44° 13.464' W068° 20.099' |
...Eyelevel view of the bolt set in rock outcropping. It took a lot of work to get to this point! |
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...Looking W toward RM1. |
...Looking NNW toward RM2. |
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...NGS Reference Mark Disk BASS HARBOR RESET RM1N 44° 13.464' W068° 20.107' |
...Eyelevel view of reference mark disk in bedrock. |
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...Looking approximately E toward the station. |
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...NGS Reference Mark Disk BASS HARBOR RESET RM2N 44° 13.472' W068° 20.103' |
...Eyelevel view of reference mark disk in bedrock. |
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...Looking approximately SSE toward the station. |









