AN INDEX TO THE NAMES OF THE ISLANDS OF OCEANIA. 



Aastl, or Paris, on the north coast of New Guinea, 3° 22' s., 143° 25' E. Thickly 



wooded and inhabited. On the same reef is the islet Unei. 

 Aatao, one of the many names given to Angatau, Paumotn islands. 31.* 

 Ababa, see Torres islands. Also called Baba. 



Aba evara, the western islet of the Basses group, Louisiade archipelago. 

 Abaga gaheia, or Abagaheia, eastward of Pana trusima ( Earle ) in the Louisiade 



archipelago. 1.7 m. long, 585 ft. high. 

 Abail, in Cloudj- bay on the south coast of New Guinea. 10' 13' S., 148° 42' E. 

 Abaura, or Midge islands, three low and wooded islets near Fl}^ river, south coast of 



New Guinea. 8° 29' S., 143 ' 39' E. 

 Abavi, in Cloudy bay on the .south coast of New Guinea. 10" 15' S., 148° 44' E. 

 Abgarris, also called Faed islands, in the Bismarck archipelago. A chain of lov/ 



islands, of which Goodman is the southernmost, extending 30 m. :nW-se. North 



point 3" 09' s., 154" 22' E. Discovered by Captain Renneck of th-j Lyra. 10. 

 Abian, a form of Apaiang, Gilbert islands. 



Abingdon, of the Galapagos, o" 34' 25 " x. 1950 ft. high. Resort of the Buccaneers. 

 Abo, tni the coast of New Guinea. 8" 22' S., 143" 07' E. 

 Abuda, within Angasa reef of the Fiji group. 18' 56' s., 181" 26' 30" E. 

 Abutolema, without Angasa reef of the Fiji group. 18" 53' 30" S., 181" 24' E. 60 ft. 



high. 

 Abutuena, Angasa reef of the Fiji group. 

 Achir ^ l^ea of the Loyalty group. 13. 

 Actaeon, or Amphitrite islands in the Paumotu group were discovered in 1833 by T. 



Ebrill in the Tahitian trader Anipliilrilc. The names are mucli mixed on charts. 



]\Iaturei vavao, Tenarunga, Vehanga and Tenararo. 32. 

 Adabadana Kawa, of the Tall)ot group on the coast of New Guinea, between Kawa 



and Mata Kawa. 9' 17' s., 142° 11' E. 

 Adams, southernmost of the Auckland islands, belonging to New Zealand. 2000 ft. 



high. 

 Adams (Ingraham), see Huapu of the ]\Larcjuesas. 23. 

 Adams (Roberts), see Nukuhiva of the Marcpiesas. 23. 

 Adele, easternmost of the Louisiade archipelago, onlv 500-600 yards in diameter. 



II ' 29' 50" S., 154 26' 10" E. Discovered by Captain Coutance. 

 Adi, on the coast of New Guinea. 4" 05' S., 133° 30' 30" E. 

 Admiralty Islands were discovered by Schouten and Lemaire in July, 16 16. The 



group consists of one large and many small islands. Carteret visited it in 1767. 



Admiralty, the largest, was described by D'Entrecasteaux in 1792. It is 50 m. 



♦Names considered more correct are printed in heavier-faced type. The number at the end of the paragraph indicates the map on 

 which the island will be found. 



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