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covered b_v Captain Fitzroy in H. M. S. /iraj^lc in 1835. It is 12 m. x-S., open 

 lagoon with 15 fathoms. South point is in 15 59' 48" s., 145'' 09' 30" \v. 21. 



Kayangle or Moore of tlie Pelew islands; 1.5 m. long. 8° 02' 30" X., 134 38' 30" K. 

 Better spelling is Kajangle. 



Kayser, off west coast of Bouka, Solomon islands. 5° 31' S., 154° 36' H. 



Kea, an inhabited islet, 570 ft. high, near Vanua levn, F'iji. 16' 39' s., 179 57' 20" K. 



Keaba, islet of Ysabel, vSolomon islands. Sometimes spelled Keaha. 8' s., 159° 28' K. 



Keai, near Port Chalmers, New Guinea. S' 10' s., 146" 06' K. 



Keats, in Torres strait. 9" 41' s., 143" 25' E. 



Kelifijia or Falafagea, of the Tongan i,slands. 28 31' s., 175° 18' \v. 



Keluna, islet off north coast of New Guinea, near Cape King William. A German station. 



Kemin, see Gardner of the Plujenix group. 17. 



Kempe, group of two small islands conneded by reef 1.5 m. north from Goulvain or Dobu. 



Kemtai, islet 20 ft. high, on the southeast coast of New Guinea. 



Kendec, wooded islet in Kumak passage on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 



Kenned}-, see Motuiti of the vSanta Cruz islands. 



Kent, group in Bass strait between Flinders and Cape Wilson. See F. Nixon, Xnrra- 

 Irvc of a visit to the islands in tlir Bass's Stnaits, London, 1S57, Svo. 



Kepara, or Two Brothers, was discovered bv DTrvillc. It is west from Bultig, New 

 Guinea. 



Keppel, see Niuatobutabu of the Tongan islands. 18. 



Kerakera, islet on tlie bordering reef of Wari, Louisiade archipelago; 60 ft. high 

 and grass^•. 



Kerawarra in the Bismarck archipelago. 4 17' .s., 152 ' 25' K. 



Kermadec group. Named by D'Entrecasteaux for the commander of EEspfrainr, 

 Huon de Kermadec. The group is 500 m. KXK. from the north cape of New 

 Zealand, and extends 140 m. nne-SSW. There are four islands : the largest, Raoul, 

 was named by D'Entrecasteaux for the officer who first saw it; the south one for 

 his ship, L'Esperance. Lieutenant W^atts, in 17S8, discovered Curtis and IMacau- 

 ley. Group annexed to Great Britain in 1S86 and now a part of the colon v of 

 New Zealand. 



Kerue, see Scjually, of the Bismarck archipelago. lO. 



Kewley, see Udjelong of the Caroline islands. 5. 



Kia, islet 7S0 ft. high, north of Yanua levu, Fiji, and just within the north j^oint of 

 the Great Sea Reef. 16' 14' s., 179° 06' K. 14. 



Kiamu or Grimonlt, islet in Mneo bay, southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Kiangle, see Kajangle, Pelew islands. 



Kibu, of the Kiriwina group. 8" 40' s., 150" 48' E. 



Kie, islet 760 ft. high, off Muthuata on the north side of \'anua levu, Fiji. 16 I3'54"s., 

 170' 05' E. 



Kie, islet on the southeast reef of New Caledonia. 



Kilagen, islet north side of Udjelong, Marshall islands. 



Kilap, islet of Uluthi, Caroline islands. 



Kili or Hunter group. Discovered by Captain Dennett; in the Marshall group; 2.5 m. 



in diameter, uninhabited. 5' 40' n., 169° 15' E. O 



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