BASS HARBOR RESET (PE1836)

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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.

NGS Bolt BASS HARBOR RESET

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NGS Bolt BASS HARBOR RESET

N 44° 13.464' W068° 20.099'

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Eyelevel view of the bolt set in rock outcropping. It took a lot of work to get to this point!
Bolt in bedrock, surrounded by dirt and pine needles.
Bolt, trees and shrubs, bedrock outcropping holding RM1 in distance.

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Looking W toward RM1.

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Looking NNW toward RM2.
Bolt, rocks, trees, bedrock outcrop holding RM2 in distance.
NGS Reference Mark Disk BASS HARBOR RESET RM1

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NGS Reference Mark Disk BASS HARBOR RESET RM1

N 44° 13.464' W068° 20.107'

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Eyelevel view of reference mark disk in bedrock.
Disk in bedrock, surrounded by moss and blueberry bushes.
Disk in bedrock, vegetation, bedrock outcropping in distance with station.

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Looking approximately E toward the station.
NGS Reference Mark Disk BASS HARBOR RESET RM2

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NGS Reference Mark Disk BASS HARBOR RESET RM2

N 44° 13.472' W068° 20.103'

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Eyelevel view of reference mark disk in bedrock.
Disk in bedrock, surrounded by moss and blueberry bushes.
Disk in bedrock, vegetation, station in distance.

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Looking approximately SSE toward the station.

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