The Three Kings.
After leaving Auckland recently, H.M.a Cambrian made a fresh survey of the Three Kings, which had the effect of modifying the previous estimates of the variation in distance between the actual position of the islands and that shown on the original chart. At the time of her previous survey the Cambrian reported that the position of the Three Kings was little to the west of the charted position, about two or three miles south, and a The other day. however, the Cambrian landed a party on the islands in order to take fresh observations, and. as a result, the Admiral has furnished the Marine Department with further information which gives the position of the islands as being only I j mile south and one-third of a mile east of the charted position. This makes a difference of about If mile in latitude and one mile in longitude between the Cambrian’s first and second observations. There will be a notice published in this week’s “Gazette” about the fresh survey.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 20, 17 May 1911, Page 5
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171The Three Kings. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 20, 17 May 1911, Page 5
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