NOAA Photo Library Banner
Takes you to the Top Page Takes you to the About this Site page. Takes you to the Contacts page. Takes you to the HELP page. Takes you to the Credits page. Takes you to the Collections page. Takes you to the search page. Takes you to the Links page.

NOAA Photo Library Image - cgs01198

Snake and moonshine signal designed and whitewashed by WESTDAHL crew. Used for three-point sextant fix to help position the survey craft.

Image ID: cgs01198, NOAA's Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey (C&GS) Collection
Location: Alaska, Hoonah area
Photo Date: 1936
Photographer: Collection of Vice Admiral H. Arnold Karo


Category: Coast and Geodetic Survey/

• High Resolution Photo Available




Publication of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA),
NOAA Central Library
NOAA Privacy Policy | NOAA Disclaimer
Last Updated: April 30, 2013