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PLACES
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WHALE REEF
The Whale Reef (Srivardhan Peta) lies nearly 1½ miles west by south of Rajpuri point and 3½ miles south-west by west of the island fort of Janjira, from which it is visible just clear of Rajpuri point. It is a breaking patch of rocks, partly dry at low water, having four fathoms between it and the main and 4½ fathoms one mile to seaward. It is nearly half a mile long shelving gradually at the south end and is 200 yards broad, with a channel of four fathoms inside. A large ship ought not to approach this danger nearer than eight or nine fathoms in the night, for the rise of the spring tides is twelve feet and it flows to eleven hours at full-moon and on the changes of the moon. Midway between the Kansa fort and the Whale Reef there is a depth of 4½ fathoms mud at lowest tide, and, after half flood, a vessel can boldly run in and anchor half a mile to the south of Janjira in four fathoms. [Taylor's Sailing Directory, 386,] A light-house is constructed on the reef to warn the approaching ships of the danger.
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