1 62 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Utan, islet in Meoko harbor, Duke of York island, Bismarck archipelago. 



Uteroa, the northern islet of Tapiteuea, Gilbert islands. North end is in \ 08' 20" s., 

 174° 45' E.; south end 1° 29' 14" S., 175° 11' 02" E. 7. 



Utet, islet in Faitruk group, Ruk lagoon, Caroline islands. 



Utian or Brooker, in the Louisiade archipelago. 11° 03' S., 152° 27' E. 9. 



Utirik, Button or Kutusow, Marshall islands, is 20X5 ni. 11° 20' N., 169° 50' E.O 



Utupua, an old form of Tapoua or Edgecumbe of the vSanta Cruz group. 



Uvea or Wallis was discovered b}^ Maurelle in 1781, and again by Wallis in 1797. 

 There are nine separate islands from i-io m. in circuit, and many islets or rocks 

 enclosed within one reef, though there is a ship passage to the lagoon on the south. 

 Uvea is 7 m. N-S., volcanic, 197 ft. high. Reef 14 m. N-S., 9 m. E-\v. Came under 

 French influence in 1842; at first attached to the juri,sdi<5lion of Tahiti; November 

 27, 1S87, it was, with Futuna, made part of New Caledonia. Population in 1880, 

 5000 and increasing. On the south are Faiia, Nukuatea, Nukuafo, Nukufetao, 

 Faioa, Akinioa or Sail-rock ; on the east, Nukulufala, Lonaniva, Fougalei ; on the 

 north, Takuaviki, Nukuteatea, Nukuloa, and Nukufutu. The southwest point of 

 Uvea is in 13° 23' 35" vS., 176° 11' 47" w. 18. 



Uvea, a form of Uea, Loyalty group. 



Uyelang, islet of Udjelong, Marshall islands. Northeast end in 9' 43' N., 161° 19' E. 



Vaga, of the Kiriwina group. 8° 44' S., 150° 55' 30" E. 



Vahanga or Bedford, in the Adlseon group; 5 m. west from Tenarunga, Paumotu 

 archipelago. 33. 



Vahine, a form of Huaheine, Society islands. 



Vahitaili or Cook's lagoon was discovered by Bougainville in 1768, and seen by Cook 

 the next j-ear; 3X1 na. Paumotu archipelago. 18° 42' S., 138° 50' w. 33. 



Vaiorea, islet on the west side of Huaheine, vSociety islands. 



Vairaatea, Yairaotea or Egmont, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered by Wallis 

 in 1767; consists of two i.slets, Pukararo (leeward), Tres Cocotiers of Mauruc, and 

 Pukarunga (windward) or Egmont. 19° 20' S., 139° 18' w. 33. 



Vairaatea, see Mururoa, Paumotu archipelago. Often confounded with the preceding. 



VaitUpU or Tracy, of the EHice group, is of oval shape with fringing reef ; 4 m. in 

 diameter. Formerly spelled Oaitupu. 7° 30' S., 178° 41' E'. 16. 



Vakuta, inhabited islet of the Kiriwina group. 8° 47' s., 151° 04' E. 



Valea, one of the Shepherd islands. New Hebrides; uninhabited, narrow, almost in- 

 accessible; 367 ft. high. Above the steep sides are coconut groves. 13. 



Valise, see Guilbert, New Guinea. 



Valua, of the New Hebrides, extends 6 m. ne-SW.; 1400 ft. high. Fertile, with a pop- 

 ulation of about 1000. A station of the Melanesian mission. i3°4o's., 167° 38' E. 



Vambi, one of the French islands, Bismarck archipelago. 4° 40' S., 149° 11' E. 



Vatiatna, south from Tagula, Louisiade archipelago. 11° 38' .s., 153° 31' E. 



Vatiavana, Kurateke, Barrow or Teku, of the Paumotu archipelago, was discovered 



by Beechey January 31, 1826. It is a narrow strip of sand surrounding a lagoon; 



1.2 X 1.7 ni. 20° 45' s., 139° 03' w.O 33. 



Vanderford, of the Underwood group, Fiji. 17° 38' s., 177° 21' 30" E.O 



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