An alternative preferred route, best seen on the chart, continues SW, beyond Vigilant Channel, for about 8 miles, then heads more WSW between Ackers Shoal (10°18.5'S., 142°48.8'E.) and Kirkcaldie Reef (10°20'S., 142°50'E.), which is marked with a racon. The route continues 22 miles towards East Strait Island. Richardson Reef (10°07'S., 143°03'E.), with a sand cay 1.8m high on its NW side, lies 4.2 miles SSW of Coconut Island.

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