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Volcano, in Anson archipelago. 22° 30' N. 



Volcano, off the northeast point of Umboi, 3500 ft. high. Dampier saw an eruption 



in March, 1700. 5° 32' S., 148" 06' E. 

 Volcano, on the west side of Blanche ba}^, New Britain, rose in February, 1878. 

 Volcano, see Tinakula, New Hebrides. 

 Volcano Islands, or Magellan archipelago, a small volcanic group .south of the Bonin 



islands. Annexed bj- Japan in 1891. Arzobispo, Santo Alessandro, Sulphur, 



Santo Agostino. Uninhabited. 

 Volunteer, see Starbuck. 

 Vomo, on the northwest coast of Viti levu, Fiji; 2 m. in circumference, 380 ft. high, 



flat-topped. The south point is in 17° 30' s., 177° 15' E. 

 Vomo lailai, a rock 200 ft. high on the south side of Vomo, Fiji. \f 29' S., 177" 13' K.Q 

 Vostok, Wostok or Staver, was discovered by Bellingshausen in 1820; about 0.3 m. 



in diameter. Low, sandy, thickly covered with trees. io°o6's., 152° 23' w. British. 

 Votia, low island, Fiji. 17° 33' 30" s., 177° 26' 20" E.0 

 Vua, islet in the Mato passage. Great South reef of New Caledonia. 

 Vulan, New Guinea region. 3° 57' s., 132° 41' E. 

 Vulcan, a volcanic cone 12 ni. in circumference, clothed with vegetation to a height 



of 3000 ft.; above that barren. Crater emits smoke. 4° 10' s., 145° 02' E. 

 Vulelua, on northeast coast of Guadalcanar, vSolonion islands. 9°29'i5"s., i6o°28'e. ll. 

 Vuna, a common name of Taviuni, Fiji. 



Vuro, islet on the northeast point of Ono, Fiji; 270 ft. high; uninhabited. 

 Vuro lailai (Little Vuro), a rock 90 ft. high on the reef between Ono and Vuro. 



Wabuda, at the mouth of Fly river, New Guinea. 8° 23' S., 143 ' 45' E. 



Wagipa, islet southeast from Dauila, D'Entrecasteaux group. 9° 32' s., 150° 21' E. 



Waia, in the Yasawa group, Fiji; 3 ni. in diameter; 1641 ft. high. North extreme 



17° 16' S., 177° 05' E. . 



Waia lailai (Little Waia); 2X1.5 m. North point is in 17° 19' 40" s., 177' 06' E. 

 Waia lailai thake, Fiji, in the Yasawa group; 1X0.5 m., 555 ft. high, inhabited. 



17° 22' 20" S., 177" 06' 10" E. Observatory Hill. 

 Waiben or Thursday, in Torres strait. 10° 36' S., 142° 1 2' E. A port of call for steamers 



between Singapore and Brisbane ; in telegraphic connec^tion with the latter. 

 Waier or Wyer, within the same reef with Mer and Dauer, in Torres strait. 9" 54' s., 



144° 02' E. 

 Waigiu, 80X20 m., rugged and hilly; Papuan, with wild tribes in the interior. East 



end is in 0° 20' S., 131° 20' E. Subject to the Sultan of Tidore. 

 Waiheke, in Auckland harbor, Hauraki gulf, New Zealand. 

 Wailni, an old chart name for Rapanui or Easter island. 

 Waikatu, the largest of the St. Andrew group. Admiralty islands. Inhabitants seem 



to be a superior race. 

 Waikawa, Te Houra or Portland, in Hawke bay. New Zealand. 

 Wailagilala, low islet of sand and coral in the Lau group, Fiji; 9X3 cables, at the 



northeast corner of a lagoon 9 m. in circumference. Also Weilangilala. 



Waima, see Uen, New Caledonia. 



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