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Anuu, islet, 65 ft. high, east of Tutuila, Samoan islands. 14° i8'4o"s., 170° 3o'4o"w. 



Belongs to the United States. 15. 

 Aoba, Omba or Leper, of the New Hebrides, was named by Bongainville Isle des 



Lepreux under a mistaken diagnosis. It is 17 m. long, 3000-4000 ft. high, and 



inhabited. 15" 15' s., 167' 50' E. 12. 

 Aore, islet off the southeast coast of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. The 



natives of this region are all cannibals. 

 Aoura, islet of Mokil in the Caroline archipelago. 

 Apaiang, or Charlotte, in the Gilbert group, was discovered b^- Captain Marshall in 



the Charlotte. It extends 16 m. by 6 m. and consists of six islets on a high reef. 



Population in 18S6, 1300. The islets are Terio or Marshall, Allen, Gillesp}-, 



Clerk, Smith and Armstrong. Southeast point is in 1° 43' 25" N., 173° 06' 45" E. 7. 

 Apamama, Hopper or Roger Simpson, in the Gilbert group, was discovered by Captains 



Marshall and Gilbert in 1788. It extends about 12 b}' 5 m. and the islets are about 5 



ft. above the sea. Population, 650. Northwest point 0° 30' N., 173' 53' 35" H. 7. 

 Apapa, or Cabras, on the west coast of Guam, Marianas. 



Apataki, or Hagemeister atoll, in the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered bv Cap- 

 tain Hagemeister in 1830. It extends 17 m. N-S.; is a low coral atoll and in- 

 habited. The northwest point is in 15" 14' S., 146° 32' \v. 30. 

 Api, called also Tasiko and Volcano, in the New Hebrides, extends about 25 m. n\v-SE., 



and is 6-10 m. wide ; fertile, well wooded, densely peopled ; 2800 ft. high. 16° 38' S., 



168° 12' E. 13. 

 Apia, a name of Apaiang, Gilbert group. 

 Aplin, see Idika, New Guinea. 

 Apolima, of the Samoan Group, is an extinct volcano, 547 ft. high, and five sea miles 



from Savaii. It covers 1.8 sq. m. 13 ' 49' 30" s., 172" 03' w. 15. 

 Ara, of the New Hebrides, is a wooded islet on the fringing reef of \'alua, off the 



southwest point. It has perhaps 100 inhabitants. 

 Arabi, or Hat, of the New Hebrides, is an islet off Tangoa on the south coast of 



Espiritu Santo. 

 Arag, of the New Hebrides, called also Pentecost, Whitsuntide, Bougainville, is 38 m. 



long, and 2000 ft. high. Its inhabitants are noted for their large canoes. North 



end is in 15° 25' vS., 16S 07' E. 13. 

 AraktcheefF, an islet of Maloelab in the Marshall group. 

 Araktcheeff, or Araktchev, see Angatau, Paumotu archipelago. 31. 

 Aranuka, or Henderville, of the Gilbert group, was discovered by Captains Marshall 



and Gilbert; is 6.5 by 5.5 m. The northeast point is in 0° 13' 25" N., 173° 41' E. 7. 

 Aratika, or Carlshov, of the Paumotus, was discovered by Roggewein in 1722, and 



named Carlshov \>y Kotzebue. It is 20 m. west from Kawehe, and is 8 X 5 ni.; 



wooded and inhabited. The west point is in 15" 33' 25" S., 145' 39' w. 31. 

 Arayonzet, of the Pelew group, lies south of Kaj-angle with Carapellas and Korack 



on a reef extending 4.5 m. N-S., 5 m. E-w. 

 Arch, two islets on a reef nearl}' three miles in circumference, in 10' 47' .s., 150' 46' E. 



The highest is 360 ft.; they are variousl}- called Nasa peipei, Nasa ruarua and 



Koia reibareiba, Ilei. 



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