Military Notes on the Philippines (No. 20); September 1898

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...clean and steep-to as far as Point Balangonan, which lies 15 miles SW. by S. Coronada Bay, south of the point of the same name, is sheltered from all winds but those of SW., and offers anchorage in!) to 13 fathoms, sandy bottom. In the angle to the northward, where a little river enters, the depth is 2f to 4 fathoms. Balangonan Point is composed of dark ferruginous rock, low and very steep-to. The little bay to the east of it is more sheltered than that of Coronada, but its shores are very steep, so that to get 10 fathoms it is necessary to go very close inshore. At a mile to the northward of the north point of this bay there is a small islet, clean and steep. Port Santa Maria.--This well-sheltered little port is situated immediately to the southward of Balangonan Poiut. It is about a mile deep to the SW. and contains two little basins of 13 fathoms depth, very convenient for vessels of good size. The entrance is 2 cables wide and 36 fathoms deep. In the middle of the port the depth is 15 fathoms, and little less near the shore. A narrow reef lines the coast and extends to the distance of 1 cable from the entrance points of the western basin. The shores are low and covered by forests of good trees; among them teak is to be found. Water can be obtained from a little river in the eastern end of the port. Point Balanguin (Dulanguin), to the SW. of the port, is rocky and of no great height; steep-to. It resembles Point Balangonan, and coming from the southward may be taken for it. At 3 cables from the coast, between this point and Port Santa Maria, there are four detached rocks, clean. Sikogon Bay, between points Balanguin and Sikogon, is clean, deep, and bordered by a beach of white sand where two rivers discharge; some rocks lie near the shore in...