INDEX TO THE PACIE/C ISLANDS. 8i 



Jenkins, 3 m. long, off the coast of New Britain, Bismarck archipelago. 5° 15' s., 



1 50' 39' E. 

 Jeridy, islet at the east end of Majuro lagoon, Marshall islands. 7°04'x., 171 '24'3o"k. 

 Jerniaeloff or Yermaloff of Bellingsliausen is Taenga of the Paumotn archipelago. 

 Jervis is tlie largest of the Bellevue group in Torres strait. 9' 07' s., 142° 11' K. 

 Jervis, an island of the Galapagos. 

 Jesu Maria, of the Admiralty group, is 600-800 ft. high, 7-S m. long, inhabited. 



2 20' s., 147 40' K. 

 Jesns ( Isla de), discovered by Alvaro de Mendana January 15, 1568. Perhaps Nano- 



mea, Ellice group. 

 Jih, north islet of Odia atoll of the Marshall islands. 

 Joannet, see Panatinani of the Lonisiade archipelago. 

 Jobenor, islet of Lnkunor, Marshall islands. 

 Jobi or Jappen, a large island at the entrance to Geelvink bay on the New Guinea coast. 



no m. K-\v., 10-15 "1- wide, 2500 ft. high. Inhabited by Papuans on the lowlands, 



but on the mountains a more savage tribe is in constant hostilities with the 



dwellers on tlie shore. Belongs to the Sultan of Tidore and is under Dutch rule. 



The east end is in i 46' s., 136^ 52' E. 

 Johnson, one of the Hudson group, Fiji; 70 ft. high. 17 36' 30" .s., 177" 00' 20" K.Q 



Named for Lieutenant R. E. Johnson of the Wilkes Expedition. 

 Johnston group consists of three thickly wooded islets, about 70 ft. higli, in the 



Admiralty islands. 2 ' 25' .s., 147° 06' E. 

 Johnston or Cornwallis was discovered December 14, 1807, l^v Captain [olmston of 



H. M. vS. Cornwallis. Examined in 1859 by Lieutenant J. M. Brooks of U. S. 



schooner Ecnniniorc Cooper. It is a lagoon island 3.5 bv 3.2 m. and affords 



guano. Claimed b}- the x\merican Guano Company of San Francisco. 16 45' x., 



169' 39' w. 

 Jomard, low group consisting of Panawaipona and Panarairai and a few islets in the 



Louisiade archipelago. 11 15' s., 152" 09' E. 

 Jombombo, islet in .\strolalje bay, northeast coast of New Guinea. 

 Jouvency or Iwa, 24 m. east from Kitava in the Kiriwina group, a mile in diameter, 



consisting of coral terraces and precipices, thickl\- wooded. Ascent from the sea 



by ladders. Ebony in quantity. A finer people than on New Guinea. 8 44' s., 



151° 44' E. Jonvency was Geographical Engineer on the Esprraucc. In the latest 



publication of the Admiralty Hydrographic Bnrean this island is called Jouvenc}- 



and is so printed on charts. 

 Juan Fernandez, or Mas-a-tierra, was named for a Spaniard vovaging from Lima to 



Valdivia in 1563. It is a volcanic island 12X4 ™m 3000 ft. high, 360 m. west from 



Valparaiso. For three years the residence of Alexander Selkirk, the prototvpe of 



the immortal Robinson Crusoe. 13 37' 45" s., 78 13' w. 

 Judge and his Clerk, 24 m. x., 20' E. Intc from the north end of Macquarie island. 



54' 22' S., 158^ 46' E. 

 Jiirien, see Kitava of the Kiriwina group. Jurien was a volunteer on i\\& E.plraini'. 

 Jurij, islet on the west coast of Ebon, Marshall islands. 4 36' 33" x., 168'' 41' 35" E. 



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