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This cluster is named after His Excellency the governor of New South Wales. In latitude, the isles are placed according to four meridional observations of the sun, taken in sight of some of them; and in longitude, according to the dead reckoning form Port Dalrymple, corrected by the bearings along the coast.
Albatross Isle is in latitude 40° 25' south. Its longitude, by the above authority, is 145° 4' east. No observations were taken to find the variation of the compass; but in constructing the chart, 8° east were allowed.