40 INDEX TO THE PACIEIC ISLANDS. 



Archangel, see Anuanuraro of the Pauniotus. 21. 



Archipel du Saint Esprit, a name given by De Fleurieu to the New Hebrides'. 



Arden, islet in Torres strait. 9 54' s., 142 57' E. 



Arecifos, see Udjelong in the Alarshall group. 6. 



Arimoa, three islets on the north coast of New Guinea, 500 ft. liigh, wooded and in- 

 habited, r 45' s., 138" 45' K. 



Aris, a volcanic island on the north coast of New Guinea, two miles northwest from 

 \'ulcan; about 700 ft. high. 4° 00' S., 144° 56' K. 8. 



Arnavon, islet off Choiseul, Solomon group. 7" 25' S., 158 00' E. II. 



Arno, of the Marshall group, is also called Arhno, Daniel or Pedder. It is the largest 

 reef, or at least has the most land, of anj- in the Ratak chain, as it is more than 

 300 m. in circumference. The islets, among them Tagelib, High and Ine, are not 

 more than 6-8 ft. above the sea but support a population of 3000 (in 18S2). Islets 

 at the north and south extremes are often at war with each other. Northeast 

 point, 7° 30' N., 171° 55' E. 6. 



Aro, islet east of Tabutha, Fiji. 17° 42' 30" .s., 181" 22' w. 14. 



Arorai, or Hurd of the Gilbert group, was discovered from the brig Elisabclli about 

 1809, and was named Hope; changed to Hurd by Purdv. A well wooded atoll 

 6-7 m. xw-SE., a mile and a half wide. Population in 1883, 1200. 2" 39' S., 

 177° 01' E. 7. 



Arossi, see San Cristobal of the Solomon group. II. 



Arova, or Rossel, see Roua of the Louisiade archipelago. 9. 



Arrecifos, of Villalobos (1545), are the Pelew islands. 



Arrowsmith, see Majuro of the Marshall gi"oup. 6. 



Arsacides, Terre de, a name given in 1769 by Surville to Malaita, Solomon islands. 



Art, largest of the Belep group, northwest of New Caledonia. It is 11 m. NW-SE. 13. 



Arteck, islet off north point of Babeltop, Pelew islands. 



Arthur, islet of Eniwetok of the Marshall group. 11° 40' N., 162° 15' E. 



Aru, two islets on the north coast of New Guinea. 



Arutua, of the Paumotu archipelago, the Rurick of Kotzebue, is a lagoon atoll 20 ft. 

 high. The natives are of Tahitian origin. The northwest point is in 15° 10' S., 

 146° 49' 20" w^ 30. 



Arzobispo, one of the \'olcano group south of the Bonin islands. 



Asaua, or A.sawa, see Yasawa, Fiji. 



Ascension, see Ponape, Caroline archipelago. 



Asia, islets east from Gilolo; low, wooded, i " 00' N., 131° 17' E. Another group with 

 same name off coast of Peru. 



Asore, see Tanna, New Hebrides. 



Asotini, islet in IMakira bay of San Cristobal, Solomon islands. 



Asuncion, or Assumption, in the Marianas, 19° 45' N., 145° 29' E. A volcanic cone 

 about a mile in diameter and 2800 ft.i high, 54 m. N. by w. from Agrigan. The 

 west side is covered with vegetation. Discovered by La Perouse Dec. 14, 1786. 



Ata, or Pylstaart (Tropic-bird) in the Tongan group, was discovered by Tasman in 

 1643. Island northeast from Tongatabu; 3 m. long, 1165 ft. high, uninhabited. 



22° 20' S., 176" 12' 30" W. 18. 



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