DUKY (PE1910)

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State: ME
County: Hancock
Quad: Bartlett Island
Location: N 44° 15.106' W068° 24.114'
Elevation: 3 ft.
Designation: DUKY 1944
Setting: Rock Ledge
Type: Topographic Disk
Year: 1944
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 22 June 2008

A report on the condition of this station has been submitted to NGS.

Zhanna

NGS Official Description, 1944 (see datasheet for recent updates) :

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944 (FLP) STATION IS A STANDARD TOPOGRAPHIC DISC SET IN DRILL HOLE IN LEDGE ON DIX POINT, EAST OF BAR ID. IN BLUE HILL BAY. STATION IS ON SOUTHERNMOST POINT, 9 M. SOUTH OF TREE LINE AND 9 M. TO H.W.L.

NGS Topographic Disk DUKY

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NGS Topographic Disk DUKY

N 44° 15.106' W068° 24.114'

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Eyelevel view of the disk set into the ledge.
Disk set in rock ledge.
Disk in ledge, woods in background.

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Looking N toward the wooded area along the shore. The blue flag iris are in bloom but a bit past their prime.

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Looking SE into Blue Hill Bay, toward Clark Point and Nutter Point.
Rock on ledge, bay, forested shoreline.
Rock on ledge, fog, bay.

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Looking S into the fog on Blue Hill Bay.