DUCK HARBOR MOUNTAIN (PE2033)
State: ME
County: Knox
Quad: Isle au Haut West
Location: N 44° 01.386' W068° 38.953'
Elevation: 315 ft.
Designation: DUCK HARBOR MOUNTAIN 1868
Setting: Outcropping Bedrock
Type: Triangulation Station
Year: 1868
Established By: NGS
Recovered: 21 June 2008
A report on the condition of this triangulation station and reference marks was submitted to NGS, along with the following recovery note:
The station and both reference marks were recovered in good condition. The marks are located on Duck Harbor Mountain in Acadia National Park. The station was reached via the Duck Harbor Mountain Trail.
Handheld GPS WAAS-corrected coordinates for RM 1 are 44 01 23.4(N) 068 38 57.1(W). Handheld GPS WAAS-corrected coordinates for RM 2 are 44 01 23.3(N) 068 38 57.4(W).
Zhanna
NGS Official Description, 1911 (see datasheet for recent updates) :
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1911 STATION IS ON THE ROCKY SUMMIT OF A HILL IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF ISLE AU HAUT. IT IS ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE ISLAND AND A SLIGHTLY GREATER DISTANCE FROM THE S SHORE, ABOUT 0.4 MILE S OF DUCK HARBOR AND ABOUT 1-1/8 MILES FROM THE EXTREME SW POINT OF WESTERN HEAD. THE STATION IS MARKED BY A HOLE DRILLED IN THE ROCK.
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...NGS Triangulation Station DUCK HARBOR MOUNTAINN 44° 01.386' W068° 38.953' |
...Eyelevel view of the station disk set in bedrock. |
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...The station is on the very top of this mound! |
...The fog is rolling in. |
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...Zhanna is thrilled to have found the station! |
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...NGS Reference Mark Disk DUCK HARBOR MOUNTAIN RM 1N 44° 01.390' W068° 38.952' |
...Eyelevel view of the reference mark disk set in bedrock. |
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...Looking S toward the station at the top of the knoll. |
...Looking seaward from the edge of the rock. |
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...NGS Reference Mark Disk DUCK HARBOR MOUNTAIN RM 2N 44° 01.389' W068° 38.957' |
...Eyelevel view of the reference mark disk set in bedrock. This one was quite precariously close to the edge! |
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...Looking as close as possible toward the station at the top of the knoll. Because the RM was so close to the edge, I could not get far enough back to get the station into the frame. |
...Looking seaward over pine forest. |
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