INDEX TO THE PACIFIC I SI AMDS. 91 



I/OCol, islet at the head of Port Moresby, New Guinea. 



lyOfaga, of the Toiigan islands. 19" 51' s., 175 30' w. 



Logea, in China strait, New Guinea. 10" 39' s., 150' 38' K. 



Loliwari, a name of Anibrym, New Hebrides. 



Lolo or Roro, forms of the native name of Yule. See Roro. 



I/Oloata with Lolorua, on east side of Port Moresby; 130 ft. high. 933's., 147^ 17'E. 



I/Omlom or Nevelo, of the Matema islands, is 5 ni. by 1.5 m., and 200 ft. high. Brit- 

 ish protectorate was proclaimed August 28, 1898. 



Lone Tree, see Iku of Apaiang, Gilbert islands. Another of the same name on the 

 north reef of Tarawa. 



lyOng, volcanic island 2000 ft. high, north from A^itiez strait, north coast of New 

 Guinea. North point is in 5" 14' s., 147" 07' E. 



Long, in Torres strait. 10° 02' S., 142° 50' K. 



I/Ong, islet in South bay, southwest side of New Caledonia. 



I/Ongatana, islet of Fakaafo, Union group. 9' 24' 40" s., 171 12' w. 17. 



I/Otlguerue, group in the southwest part of Huon gulf; islands are small, wooded and 

 rocky, but Saddle island is 2.5 m. long and 700 ft. high. Named for Midshipman 

 Longuerue on the Rrc//rrc/ir. 7 20' s., 147° r6' K. 



I/Otlkahtl, islet of Tatafa of the Hapai group, Tongan islands. 



I/OOf (Leaf) is the central island of the Hermit group; 500 ft. high, i'' 28' s., 

 145 05' E. 8. . 



I/Opevi, a volcano of the New Hebrides, 4714 ft. high, adlive, occasionally ejecting 

 ashes. Few inhabitants along the shore. 16 28' s., 168" 18' E. 12. 



Lord Hood, see Marutea of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 



I/Ord Howe was discovered February 17, 1778, by Lieutenant Ball. \'olcanic and 

 mountainous, Mt. Gower at the southern end being 2S40 ft. high; about 5.5 m. 

 long. On the west side are extensive coral reefs. Population, in 18S0, 65. Belongs 

 to New South Wales. 31 36' 30" .S., 159° 05' 10" E. vSee J. B. Wilson's Report, 

 S3^dney, 1882 ; also a paper by Mr. Corrie, Proceedings Royal Geographical 

 Society, 187S, pp. 136-143. 



Lord Howe, islet off the southeast end of Santa Cruz. A British protecTiorate was 

 proclaimed August 18, 1S98. 



Lord Howe, see Mopeha, Society islands. 



Lord Howe, see Ontong Java, Solomon islands. 



Lord North, see Tobi. 



Lord Salisbury, .i.slet on the New Guinea coast. 7" 52' S., 144' 28' E. 



Losap, of the Caroline islands was discovered by Duperrey. It has about 300 in- 

 habitants. Peace islet, in the same lagoon, has a population of 200. 6 53' x., 

 152" 42' 20" E. 



Los Eremitanos, see Hermit. 8. 



Los Magos, Los Monjes, names on the vSpanish chart captured by Lord An.son ; sup- 

 posed to apply to the Hawaiian islands. 



Los IMartires, see Tamatam, Caroline islands. 



Los Negros, islets of Admiralty island, i" ss' •'^•1 I47 16' E. 



