6o INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Hil, Malk or Irakong, of the Pclew islands, is rocky and well-wooded. lo" ii' 30" N., 



134° 27' 30" E. 

 Eimeo, see Moorea, Society islands. 20. 

 Binmlap, islet of Udjelong, Marshall islands. 

 Birek, islet of Wotto, Marshall islands. 



Hjeet, islet in Majuro lagoon, 9.5 m. from from the entrance, ^Marshall islands. 

 Ekolo, islet of Ontong Java. 5° 38' s., 159° 34' E. II. 

 HlatO, or Haweis, Caroline group, consists of the islets Falifi, Toass, Nanioliaur. 



f 30' N., 146° 24' E. 

 Bid, a small, high island near Naviti, Yasawa group, Fiji. Of triangular form, i m. 



long. The north point is in \f 09' 40" s., 177° 10' 10" E. Named for Henry Eld 



of the United States Exploring Expedition. 

 Blephant, islet of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. 

 Blisabeth, one of the Admiralty group; a low coral island 1.2 m. x-s, by 0.2 m. wide; 



iuluil)ited. 2' 55' S., 147" 03' E. 

 Blisabeth, near Mbenga, Fiji. 



Elisabeth, see Henderson of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 Elisabeth, see Toau of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 Elisabeth, see Manoba of the Solomon islands. 

 Eliza, see Tepoto of the Paumotu archipelago. 

 Eliza, see Onoatoa of the Gilbert group. 

 Eliza, see Peru of the Gilbert group. 

 Blla, islet of Ifalik, Caroline islands. 

 Bllice group. Consists of nine low atolls of which eight are inhabited; extends 



xw. by x.-SE. by S. about 360 m.; peopled from Samoa, except Nui whose inhabitants 



came from the Gilbert islands. \'isited by Maurelle in 17S1, and by Captain 



de Peyster in 1S19. The atolls are Nurakita or Sophia, Nukulaelae or Mitchell, 



Fangawa, Funafuti or Ellice, Funafana, Nukufetau or De Peyster, Waitupu or 



Tracy, Nui or Netherland or Egg, Niutao or Speiden or Lynx, Navomana or 



Hudson, and Nanomea or St. Augustine. 16. 

 Ellice, see Funafuti. 



Blliott, island of P'iji, named for the Chaplain of Wilkes' ship. 18' 51' S., 178° 24' E. 

 Blmore, islet of Odia atoll, Marshall group. 

 Elsou is the same as Aukena of Mangareva. 



Bmery, or Wea of the Atana group, northwest from Rotunia; 700 ft. high. 

 Bmmons, islet of the Hudson group, Fiji. 17" 38' 20" s., 177" 06' E. x\ high islet 



named for Lieut. Geo. F. Emmons of the Wilkes Expedition. 

 Encarnacion of Quiros (1606) was placed in about 24" 50' S., 137" 42' \v., but there is 



no land near that position. As Qxiiros estimated the distance from the American 



coast at 1500 lcs;itas it would be difficult to identify his island, which he describes 



as nearly level with the water. 

 Bnderbury, a guano island of the Phoenix group, 3 m. by 2.5 m., and 23 ft. high. 



The north point is in 3" 06' 35" S., 171" 14' 25" w. 17. 

 Bnderby, islet on the northeast coast of Auckland island. New Zealand. 



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