INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



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Wavi ai, see Vavi ai, Woodlark or Murua. 



Wea or Emer}', of the Atana islands, northwest from Rotuma. 



Webb, 2-3 islets covered with coconut trees, near Roux islands. New Guinea. 



Also called Ulawabai. 

 Wedge, islet of Stewart island. New Zealand. 

 Wedge ^ \^ehi, on the southeast coast of New Guinea. 

 Wednesday, in Torres strait. 10^ 32' S., 142° 18' E. 

 Weeks was seen by Captain Gelett, of the Moniing S/a/-, in 24' 04' N., 154^ 02' E., 



December 17, 1864. It had been previously reported. About 5 m. long, densely 



wooded with trees and shrubs ; a knoll in the centre rising 200 ft. above the sea. 



Uncertain on charts. 

 Weitoa or O'Neill, on the southeast coast of New Guinea ; nearly 2 m. NW-SE., and 



580 ft. high. 10° 41' S., 150° 56' E. 

 Welle, see Raputata of 



the D'Entrecasteaux , 



group. 9. 

 Wellesley, group in the 



Gulf of Carpentaria, 



of which Mornington 



is the largest. The 



others are : Rocky, 



Pisonia, Beautiful, 



Forsjth, Bentinck, 



Allen, Sweers and 



Fowler. 

 Wellington, see Alapawa, 



New Zealand. 

 Wellington, see Mokil of 



Caroline islands. 5. 

 Wenman, of the Galapagos, the fragment of a volcano now S30 ft. high. 

 West, islet of Kandavu, Fiji; 25 ft. high. 



West, islet of Niuatobutabu, Tongan islands; 70 ft. high, o.j m. in diameter. 

 West, in Torres strait. 10° 33' 45" .s., 150^ 48' 25" E. 

 West, islet south side of Uraboi, Bismarck archipelago; 150 ft. high. 

 West, islet off Cape Queen Charlotte, west side of New Hanover; inhabited. 2° 26' s., 



149° 55' E. 

 West Danger, of the Marshall islands. 



Western, a group of the Admiralty islands. 2° 12' S., 148"' 00' 40" E. lO. 

 Whakari or White, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. 



Whale (La Baleine), see Isenay of the Pleiades group, Loyaltj- islands. 13. 

 White, see Whakari, New Zealand. 



Whitsunday, see Nganati of the Paumotu archipelago. 31. 

 Whitsundav, see Nukutavake. 



Whitsunday, on the Australian coast. 20° 15' .s., 149° 02' E. 

 Whitsuntide, see Arag, New Hebrides. 



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