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Fliegen, on the New Guinea coast. 7" 20' s., 147' 23' E. 



Flinders, or Great, on the north side of Banks strait, 2550 ft. high. 



Flinders, group on the Australian coast. 14^ 11' s., 144" 17' E. Named for Captain 



Matthew Flinders. 

 Flint, a low, guano, uninhabited island belonging to Great Britain. It was discovered 



in 1801. 2.5 ni. long, and 0.5 ni. wide. 11° 25' 43" .S., 151" 48' w.O 

 Florida, one of the Solomon group. The name was given by the discoverer, Mendaiia. 



The native name is said to be Ngela, but others declare this is onl^- the name of a 



district. It is 1500 ft. high and populous. There are several stations of the 



Melanesian mission on the coast. 9" 02' S., 160 20' E. 

 Fly, islet on the northeast coast of Fate, New Hebrides; low, covered with trees. 

 Fly, two islets off Death Adder bav on the northeast coast of New Guinea. 

 Folger, one of the ^lagellan islands whose existence is doubtful. 

 Follenius, islet on the north coast of New Gtiinea. 

 P'onuafala, see Fakaafo. 9" 22' S., 171 17' \v. 

 Fonualei, Amargura or Gardner of the Tongan group, in 18° 02' S., 174'' 24' w., was 



destroyed by an eruption in August, 1847. Ashes were thrown in large quantities 



on passing ships 500-600 m. to the northeast. 

 Fonualoa, see Fakaafo. 9° 27' .S., 171" 14' w. 

 Fonualoa, Tongan group. 



Forbes, group on the Australian coast. 12° 18' s., 143^ 24' E. 

 Forfano, see San Alessandro, X'olcano islands. 

 Forsyth, one of the Wellesley group in the gulf of Carpentaria. 

 Fortuna, 360 m. northeast of Fiji. Same as Fotuna below. 

 Fotuhaa, islet of the Tongan group. 

 Fotuna, with Alofa the Home islands. 8.2 m. by 5.2 m. Mt. Schouten is 2500 ft. 



liigh. 10" 14' 15" S., 178" 10' w. 18. 

 Four Crowns, see Anuanumnga of the Paumotu archipelago. 21. 

 Four P'acardins, see \'ahitahi, Paumotu archipelago. 



Fox, island 2 m. long, near Naviti in the Yasawa group, Fiji. 17' ii's., i77'o9'3o"e. 

 Fox, see Renard of the Louisiade archipelago. 

 Francis, see Peru of the Gilbert islands. 7. 



Frankland, group on the coast of Australia. 17° 15' S., 146" 15' E. 

 Franklin (of Ingraham), see Motuiti, ^Marquesas islands. 

 Fraser, or Great vSandy, on the ea.st coast of Queensland. 24" 42' S., 153 11' E. 



North end. 

 Frazer, see Andema of the Carolines. 

 Freemantle (of Roberts), see Eiao, Marquesas islands. 

 Freewill, see Pegan. o' 57' n'., 134'" 21' E. 

 French, islet in Laurie harbor, Enderby island. 

 French, group discovered bv D'Entrecasteaux and named lies P'rancaises. They are 



all high and adjacent to New Britain. 10. 

 French Frigates, of the Hawaiian group, was discovered by La Perou.se November 



6, 17S6. He gave the name Basse des Fregates Francaises. It is usual to make 



the mistake in translating to print in the singular, but the name was given for 



