i68 INDEX TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 



Whittle, Fiji. i8= 50' 30" s., 178° 25' 30" e.O 



Whytohee, see Napuka of the Paumotti archipelago. 21. 



Wiak, see Schouten. 



Wiakow, on the north part of the outer ring of Egum atoll, Trobriand group. 

 9 20 30 S., 151 58 E. 



Wild, of the Admiralty group; 0.7 m. long. Named for J. J. Wild, artist on the 

 Challenger. 1° 55' 10" S., 146° 40' 56" E. 



Willaumez, now ascertained to be a part of New Britain. Named for one of the officers 

 of D'Entrecasteaux, Ensign on the Recherche. 



William IV., see Ant of the Andema group, Caroline islands. 



Williams, one of the Tiri islands off Vanua levu, Fiji. 16'" 24'45"s., 179° 06' 22" E.© 



Wilson, islet off Blanche harbor of Mono island, Solomon islands. 



Wilson, see Ifalik, Caroline islands. 3. 



Wilson, a name of the Duff islands, so called because seen b3' Captain Wilson, Sep- 

 tember, 1797. 



Wilson, see Manihi of the Paumotu archipelago. 31. 



Wittgenstein, see Fakarawa of Paumotu archipelago. So named by Bellingshausen. 31. 



Woahoo = Oahu, Hawaiian islands. Old English name found on charts with Owhyhee. 



Wolea or Ulie, Caroline islands, was discovered by Captain Wilson in the Dnff\n 

 1793. Wooded and inhabited atoll 0.7 m. in diameter, with 22 islets. North end 

 7° 23' 30" N., 143° 57' E. 3. 



Woles, islet of Ruk, Caroline islands. 



Wolkonski, see Takurea of the Paumotu archipelago. 31. 



Woodlark, see Murua, Kiriwina group. 



Woodle, see Kuria of the Gilbert islands. 



Woody, opposite Entrance island in Torres strait. 10" 40' s., 142" 20' E. 



Woody, islet in Arembo bay, on the southwest side of New Caledonia. 



Woody, see Panamau of the Louisiade archipelago. 



Wostok, a form of Vostok. 



Wotja, the westernmost islet of Odia atoll, Marshall islands. There is much con- 

 fusion with a similar name in the Romanzow atoll. 



Wotje, Odia or Romanzow, of the Marshall islands, extends 29 m. E-w., with a width 

 from 6-12 m. There are 65 islets on the reef. Christmas harbor, of Kotzebue, is 

 in 9° 28' 09" N., 170° 16' 05" E. 6. 



WottO, of the Marshall islands, was discovered by Captain Shanz of the Russian 

 navy. It is 18 m. long and 4-12 m. wide. 10° 05' n., 166° 04' E.O 



Wrack, iu the Bismarck archipelago. 3° 15' S., 154° 31' E. 



Wuli or High, on the northwest coast of Roua, Louisiade archipelago; 1.4 m. E-w., 

 300 ft. high; inhabited and cultivated. 11° 42' S., 154° 02' E. 



Wyer, a form of Waier, Torres strait. 



Wytoohee, see Napuka, Paumotu archipelago. Disappointment islands of Bj^ron. 



Yaba, islet in Banare bay, on the northwest coast of New Caledonia. 



Yabwat, see Jabwat, Marshall islands. 



Yaga, of the Kiriwina islands. 



Yakimoan, islet northwest from Panawina, Louisiade archipelago. 



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